Crowdfunding a NAS device that respects your freedom

Daniel Pocock daniel at pocock.pro
Tue May 2 11:59:02 UTC 2017


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On 02/05/17 13:57, Christian Pietsch wrote:
> Hi Daniel, hi all,
> 
> just two comments:
> 
> On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 01:41:03PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> On 02/05/17 12:21, Christian Pietsch wrote:
>>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1
>>> Positives: - free - can install own OS - 6 bays - fanless
>> 
>> Negatives: - no caddies - limited performance - I would prefer
>> something like the AL-514 based NAS boxes, Quad Core, 8GB max
>> RAM, 10GbE
> 
> I guess the GnuBee is just powerful enough to be a NAS and a
> streaming media server – not much more. If you are worried about
> NAS performance, you can look at the benchmarks: 
> https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1/updates/benchmarks
>
> 
> 
> If you want Intel inside, you also get Intel ME, the opposite of
> RYF. I hope you have all heard about this recently discovered bug
> in ME: 
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/01/intel_amt_me_vulnerability/
>
> 
The AL-514 is an ARM device, not Intel, so it shouldn't have that
problem.  However, it is competitive with some of the Intel devices
when it comes to features like 10GbE.


>> - no HDD noise damping
> 
> The guy who created the GnuBee wanted something to put his SSDs
> in. You can also use rotating HDDs, but they certainly make more
> noise.
> 
> Cheers, C:
> 
> 
> 
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