> -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2022 6:12 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 8:59 AM Frank Steinmetzger <war...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > You could, but this is either a sink-hole for time, or you need to get > > up to speed with cross-compiling and binhosts. I went with the > > standard Debian and evaluate Arch from time to time. But I do run > > Gentoo on my DIY NAS with an i3-2000. Gentoo has ZFS in portage > > without overlays, which–for me–is one of its biggest appeals. > > ++ > > Obviously I'm a huge Gentoo fan, but on an ARM SBC unless you're either > experimenting or you actually intend to be patching or reconfiguring packages > the precompiled option is the way to go. When I'm using less-popular SBCs > (ie not Pis) then I will usually look for whatever distros are supporting it > in the most first-class way, again, unless I'm experimenting. Then I look > for what has the software I need already packaged (again, check the arch > because a binary package repo doesn't necessarily include your device, > especially if it is 3rd party). I've had to compile things on ARM SBCs and > it is SLOOOOOW. > > I have the same philosophy with containers. If I'm just running a service, > and not tweaking things, I'll just pick the least-fuss base for my container > whatever that is. > > -- > Rich > >
Pine64 has an interesting array of SBCs which are both cheaper and (some are) possibly better suited to becoming a NAS than a Pi. One of them even has a PCIe socket I think. Compiling Gentoo on an SBC is usually a long, slow process, but if you don't mind setting up a cross-compile environment on a more powerful system and using some combination of distcc and/or binpackages then it's not too horrible. LMP
