Re: Any good ARM based hardware for NetBSD fileserver

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 07:08:36PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:47:16AM +0200, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'd like to have a fileserver only, running NetBSD, so since it needs
> > only a CPU, no floating point unit, no GPU and should not be another
> > electric heater, an ARM based one comes to mind.
> > 
> > I'm playing a little with Raspberry but that's not it since what I'm
> > looking for needs internal disks support and efficient ethernet
> > interfaces.
> > 
> > Does anybody know of some such hardware that is reasonably accessible
> > (in Europe) and that will run happily under NetBSD (note: I don't care
> > much about RAID; I didn't have very satisfying results with built-in 
> > RAID 1 so far so it is no prerequisite).
> 
> Check the Olimex (olimex.com) A20-based olinuxino boards:
> https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/open-source-hardware
> 
> I use several lime2 and I'm happy with them.
> They have gigabit ethernet and native SATA.
> You can add a LiPo battery, and if you power your SATA drive from the
> on-board connector (don't forget to order the cable with the board), the LiPo
> battery will also power the drive.
> 

Thank you for the reference! The native SATA is a promising part...

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