[ale] [OT] Home nas + Cheap R-Pi

[jdp at algoloma.com (JD)]

On 09/16/2012 08:51 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:
> One problem with many of the Atom and Hudson A350 boards is a minimal number of
> SATA ports ( often only 2). If you are interested in an Atom board with more
> SATA ports, check out Supermicro's embedded product line, they have some with 4
> or more SATA ports, but they ain't cheap

Right now there is a $60 slickdeal on a 4-SATA port E350 MB+APU

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/80066/newegg-gigabyte-amd-e350d-apu-amd-a45-fch-mini-itx-motherboard-cpu-combo-gae350n

This is better than a Raspberry Pi in so many ways. Just 16W of power for a real
x64 PC?  The E350 APU is not the greatest CPU made, but it does beat some older
Core2Duos.

The downside is no USB3 and only 1 PCI slot. Have it boot off a tiny USB flash
drive and use all 4 SATA ports for your HDD requirements.

BTW, I own this board and use it for XBMC/Lubuntu. It handles everything
video-wise. 1080p and lower using ATI drivers.  SD content can be any codec
supported by Linux. The CPU is powerful enough to handle them all.    Obviously,
not Netflix or Sliverslight support under Linux.

If I were in the market for to build a NAS, I would have already ordered this.