Hello,
i'm reading in this forum for a while now and i felt the time is right to subscribe.
First of all, i want to show you my current omv-setup and what its doing for me.
Maybe someone can benefit from my thoughts, remarks, implemented things etc.
I'm aware that using a raspberry pi is not the right choice, i will come back to this later...
I'm using a RPi 2B with:
Hardware
- 128Gb SanDisk-Stick (for interchangeable documents, files between 3 computers)
- 750Gb 2,5" WD-Elements (for media library, mysql-database for 3 kodi-devices)
- USB-webcam (for looking at my flat when i am out of town)
- GPIO - PiGlow-Board (for current network-, processor-performance and temperature)
- GPIO - 433Mhz-transmitter (for radio controlled sockets)
Software
- omv 3.0.99 (currently)
- minidlna
- mysql
- wiring-pi (for 433mhz-things)
- telepot (python-driven Telegram-Bot to control the nas from far away (reboot, shutdown, taking a picture and send it, switch radio-controlled sockets,...))
- podget (Podcast-Grabber)
- smb-shares
- unison (Unison - to keep the documents-folder synced between my pc, netbook and laptop)
- on my android phone "foldersync" (to backup my pictures onto my nas when i'm home)
This setup runs for about three years.
Unfortunately three micro-sdcards were worn... I had the sql-database at the sdcard at first, this led to a high write usage, i think.
Also the speed is low, as mentioned in this thread, i think its time to replace the beloved pi.
What i want
I want to upgrade my nas to gain more speed, reliability (sdcards), but preferably not highly more power consumption.
I would like to reuse the PiGlow-Board (or something like that) and the radio-transmitter at the GPIOs.
I want to update the external harddrive to a bigger or real internal (sata)-drive.
At best, i would like to implement a RAID 1-setup, but thats not my priority.
As compromise, i could sync the important data every night to another external drive and unmount it.
My Thoughts - Boards
Following this thread, the best boards, suiting my needs are the ODroid HC1/2 or the Rock64 (and maybe RockPro64??)?
As far as i see, the ODroid has no usable GPIOs, or? (Contra)
Did anyone knows, if the Rock64s GPIO-layout is the same as Raspberry Pis?
Is it better to use an emmc-board at the Rock64 then a sdcard or will it also worn out after some (longer) time?
Digging some forums for the ordering process of the Rock64 in america, it seems that its likely you have to pay some horrific fees for DHL customs clearance and so on?
Has anyone experiences?
My Thoughts - Drives
In my opinion, external drives are not as good as real (nas-)drives like wd red (unfortunately they are always 3,5"), right?
Updating my nas-setup, i would also like to update the drive (up to ~2-4Tb).
Did you think, it doesn't matter using an 2,5" or an 3,5"-harddrive?
What are the benefits of an 3,5"-drive besides it needs an external power supply?
Can you recomment a good 2,5"-drive with a good price-performance ratio?
Hoping not to bore you,
best regards,
Minfred