Re: Planning a Debian NAS

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

basti wrote:

> Yes a rpi can run software raid with mdadm. In this case I would use a
> rpi4b with USB3 and USB to SATA adapter but be aware that the rpi is at
> the moment not fully supportet by debian
> (https://github.com/lategoodbye/rpi-zero/issues/43). If raspian is good
> enough for your needs it would be an option. With the restrictions I
> explained before.
> 

I tried many years ago SATA adapter with USB2 and the performance was very
poor. Might be better with USB3 though, but I am still not convinced.

I saw some time ago there was extention board with SATA 2 or 4, which was
promising. Interesting to know if someone have used such thing with debian.