Raspberry Pi as a NAS?

[as96]

Is the Raspberry Pi powerful enough to be used as a NAS, it will be used mainly to stream video of relatively large size (up to 10GB).

 

I thought about using my HTPC as a NAS but it uses too much power and it will be expensive to keep it running 24/7.

[Speedbird]

Is the Raspberry Pi powerful enough to be used as a NAS, it will be used mainly to stream video of relatively large size (up to 10GB).

 

I thought about using my HTPC as a NAS but it uses too much power and it will be expensive to keep it running 24/7.

If you can hook up enough storage via USB, then yes

[Liam-McShane]

I tried it but i could only get a few KB/s of throughput through it.

[C0LL0SS0S]

no point since USB HDDs are not really "the sh!t" when talking about NAS

[as96]

If you can hook up enough storage via USB, then yes

That shouldn't be an issue

[Speedbird]

That shouldn't be an issue

Also keep in mind that you will need a powered USB hub. A pi with a 1A USB power supply cannot power a drive

[as96]

I tried it but i could only get a few KB/s of throughput through it.

 

no point since USB HDDs are not really "the sh!t" when talking about NAS

USB is more than enough for video/audio files.

[Liam-McShane]

 

 

You might as well try it as that's what they're all about.

[Blebekblebek]

it could

but if you were okay transferring hundreds Gigabytes of data on kilobytes speed then good.

 

decent router with USB port might do better than Po, I mean Pi.

[as96]

decent router with USB port might do better than Po, I mean Pi.

Yes you are probably right.