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   On Sat, 18 Jan 2025, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:32:07 +0100, D wrote:   
   >>>> I wonder if it would be possible to build a PB storage system for   
   >>>> archive use cases on a bunch of Pi 5? =) Does it have any good ways to   
   >>>> connect disks, or is it still only USB? I wonder how many disks per   
   >>>> system it could handle with confidence?   
   >   
   > On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> https://smist08.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/raspberry-pi-5-with-ssd/   
   >>>   
   >>> The Pi 5 has a PCIe port and there are Raspberry and third party NMVe   
   >>> solutions.   
   >   
   > On 2025-01-18, D  wrote:   
   >> Interesting! Thank you for the link. This could be a fun hobby project. I   
   >> wonder if it would be possible, over time, to get it to such a state that   
   >> someone might actually consider using it in production environments? With   
   >> sounds and strong redundancy, maybe!   
   >   
   > I have a shelf with IDE/PATA and SATA drives from 200GB and up, that I have   
   > not had the heart to throw out. Would it be worth the trouble to find an   
   > enclosure and build a NAS out of them? Probably not. The enclosures that   
   > can hold 4-6 drives seem to cost twice what a 4 TB USB-3 archive drive   
   > costs, so a Pi-4, a USB-3 hub, and two of those wrapped up with rubber   
   > bands in a shoebox would be cheaper.   
      
   This works. I've had similar setups at one point of another. These days I   
   stick with 2 x 4 TB drives in a Zyxel NAS (great!) and 2 x 4 TB drives in   
   a Dlink (horrible!) NAS, and that's worked for about 10 years or so.   
      
   I had a look today for fun at Pi 5 LSI controllers and I wonder how many   
   spinning SAS disks a single Pi 5 can drive without power problems?   
      
   > Would anyone like a couple of smaller (say 200 MB) drives for repairing   
   > antique systems that can't handle more than 32 bits worth of space?   
      
   Somewhere in a dark corner of my attic storage space, there is a quantum   
   bigfoot with a copy of my old BBS. I always wonder if it is beyond repair   
   and/or restore? Would be fun to see the "elite haxor" stuff from my   
   childhood! =)   
      
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