Re: NAS hardware recommendations

[david larsson]

On 2020-12-08 16:51, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
> Hi Guix!
>
> Has anyone had luck installing Guix on a NAS?
> If so, which one?
>
> If not, which NAS hardware would you recommend?
> I'm looking for
>
> - something as open as possible;
> - 3-4 bays;
> - lowest consumption possible;
> - Btrfs support.
>
> Any tips?
>
> Cheers!

Ive always wanted a GnuBee which is very open. Idle power is 11.64 W. 
There is both a 3.5" and 2.5" version - it has a MIPS processor though. 
Also, I don't know if you can actually still order them anywhere:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1

Guix has some old support for installing on MIPS:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00500.html


Otherwise, the very open Vikings D8, has 6 SATA 300mb/s slots, but 
perhaps not really what you are looking for and it's pretty expensive.

https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/d8ryf



Best regards,
David