NAS on a Pi

[Lulake]

Hello World

 

I'd like to get a Pi device to create a NAS server in my house for family photos etc. Browsed the net back and forth but I can't decide which Pi device should I get, Orange, Banana or the original, Raspberry.

 

suh dude

[riklaunim]

Pick Banana Pi (or Orange if such model exists) that has a SATA port. The Raspberry Pi shares bandwidth for network and USB/SD storage so bigger data flow could saturate that quickly and make it less usable.

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can do this, but it will be very slow due to the 100mb/s ethernet. Id suggest buying a lowend synology nas.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014SKVQR8/ref=twister_B01JRI1S56

[aeroencychris]

Banana pi + this

https://www.amazon.com/Banana-Dedicated-Accessories-Connectors-Terminals/dp/B00YDVG1L4/ref=pd_sim_147_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RSSJ7TMQN9MP8CVS1DB4

[aeroencychris]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can do this, but it will be very slow due to the 100mb/s ethernet. Id suggest buying a lowend synology nas.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014SKVQR8/ref=twister_B01JRI1S56

This banana pi has gigabit ethernet

https://www.amazon.com/Banana-Pi-Mini-Source-Mainboard/dp/B00MWA5JKM/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1474130345&sr=1-2&keywords=banana+pi

[Lulake]

3 minutes ago, riklaunim said:

Pick Banana Pi (or Orange if such model exists) that has a SATA port. The Raspberry Pi shares bandwidth for network and USB/SD storage so bigger data flow could saturate that quickly and make it less usable.

Yeah, that was my problem w/ the Raspberry

Just now, cdsboy2000 said:

Banana pi + this

https://www.amazon.com/Banana-Dedicated-Accessories-Connectors-Terminals/dp/B00YDVG1L4/ref=pd_sim_147_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RSSJ7TMQN9MP8CVS1DB4

The Sata connector is already in my cart, but I may get the banana.

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can do this, but it will be very slow due to the 100mb/s ethernet. Id suggest buying a lowend synology nas.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014SKVQR8/ref=twister_B01JRI1S56

Nah man,thanks,but I really want to use a Pi :D. Also, it'll be used by my old man, and he doesn't mind load times

[AshleyAshes]

The Banana Pi's SATA port is on a USB to SATA bridge with it all running on a USB2.0 bus.  I don't see how it would offer any performance improvement with a HDD connected to that vs an HDD in a USB2.0 enclosure then plugged into the USB port.

 

That all said if this is a storage solution for 'family photos' and such, I don't see any solution failing the task while remaining cost effective.  You don't exactly need massive performance for that kind of stuff.

[KuJoe]

Here are some benchmarks and stats for each device you mentioned (I included both RPi2 and RPi3).

Device	OS/Desktop	Idle Power	Load Power	Wired Up	Wired Down	Wired WAN Up	Wired WAN Down	Unixbench Single	Unixbench Multi
Raspberry Pi 2	Raspian	1.8w	3.5w	94.1Mbps	94.1Mbps	60.18Mbps	56.66Mbps	197.5	502.9
Banana Pro	Bananian	3.0w	4.8w	655Mbps	779Mbps	38.02Mbps	53.31Mbps	146	263.4
Orange Pi Plus	Debian Jessie	3.3w	5.2w	866Mbps	929Mbps	48.49Mbps	56.86Mbps	214.6	605.4
Raspberry Pi 3	Raspian	1.9w	5.3w	94.2Mbps	94.3Mbps	57.56Mbps	58.15Mbps	305.4	727.1

The Orange Pi Plus is hands down the best device for the NAS with the fastest NIC and an included SATA port, the CPU is also better compared to the RPi2 and Banana Pro.

[Lulake]

13 hours ago, KuJoe said:

Here are some benchmarks and stats for each device you mentioned (I included both RPi2 and RPi3).

Device	OS/Desktop	Idle Power	Load Power	Wired Up	Wired Down	Wired WAN Up	Wired WAN Down	Unixbench Single	Unixbench Multi
Raspberry Pi 2	Raspian	1.8w	3.5w	94.1Mbps	94.1Mbps	60.18Mbps	56.66Mbps	197.5	502.9
Banana Pro	Bananian	3.0w	4.8w	655Mbps	779Mbps	38.02Mbps	53.31Mbps	146	263.4
Orange Pi Plus	Debian Jessie	3.3w	5.2w	866Mbps	929Mbps	48.49Mbps	56.86Mbps	214.6	605.4
Raspberry Pi 3	Raspian	1.9w	5.3w	94.2Mbps	94.3Mbps	57.56Mbps	58.15Mbps	305.4	727.1

The Orange Pi Plus is hands down the best device for the NAS with the fastest NIC and an included SATA port, the CPU is also better compared to the RPi2 and Banana Pro.

Woah, I mean, thanks allot for the chart, it explained everything. Never thought anybody would put that much work to help me. I'll get the Orange Pi Plus or the Banana in the end

[KuJoe]

40 minutes ago, Lulake said:

Woah, I mean, thanks allot for the chart, it explained everything. Never thought anybody would put that much work to help me. I'll get the Orange Pi Plus or the Banana in the end

I actually put a spreadsheet together a while back, I finally got around to putting it online yesterday after replying to this thread: http://jmd.cc/devices/