Raspberry Pi vs ASUSTOR NAS Head-to-Head Part 1 - Hardware

I assume the Asustor can use Truenas, but I noticed that ZFS is available for pi.

Random question but what is the application your using in this video that shows all your network stats, memory, processes, all that?

That NAS is huge I can't believe it doesn't have an internal power supply.

my 3 year old phone still has the original plastic protector! hehe

I am one of those who like to see you suffer,lol. Kidding, thanks for all these tests.

"if" I was a an enterprise storage guy I'd be using dual-ported fibre channel disks in a FC back-bone storage array...

If you use both Ethernet connections on the Asustor NAS you chould 5Gbit Ethernet data read/write (that's what they advice you on their site).

Great vid! What program are you using to benchmark your network speeds?

Probably one guy on the whole YT building Pi clusters and has an actual usage for them. (Beside clickbaity title)

Could you send me a link for the 2 port 2.5 gb Ethernet card ? Thanks

Wonder what the fan pin connector is for that NAS?

Please stop touching the gold connectors. They are gold to ensure optimum connections so smearing them in finger grease is pretty silly. It's bad practice and with a quarter million viewers it would be great if you didn't do that.

SMR stands for Shingled Magnetic Recording. Use CMR.

What would posess someone to cach to SSD rather than RAM? Won't you kill the SSD in short order?

Superb video Jeff. Lots of information, balanced approach.

What about continious operation? What is the durability of a pi vs a NAS? Also can i safely turn off a nas? What is the wartage of each of this rihgae

Is it OK to turn it off for night? Or some software issue can appear?

Good video, but I'll stick with my old $100 MediaSonic Raid boxes and old PC

Hi Jeff, I like watching you suffer.

1, 2, 3 and 4 😂😂 Love it, it's satisfying

which app are you using for display detailed infos

10 years for one Mac Mini is pretty impressive.

I rly can't understand that stupidity to put R.Pi everywhere. Even u can do same work by others comp. parts that fit much better to this job.

what do u think about the hpz400 for this. mine came with a 2018 xeon 6 core with 12 gigs of ddr3 and a boot ssd for 160$ and i found the motherboard for $40 so you could probly build a system around it. plus it has 2 16x slots and 2 8x slots so if 1gb network or 4 usb 3.0 isnt enough

i would probly use the pci express for ssd storage and maybe wifi

just wanted to compliment you, this video is good for entertainment ive seen it at least 3 times and its good for when im bored out of my mind at 3:am

ok, Ive looked on pi built and it looks plain stupid. Seriously, pci switch, 2,5gbe and 4 sata on single PCIE line - its really stupid. Doable, but stupid.
Ive builded NAses, OMV, Truenas, xpenology even, but all just on PC pieces and ATX, mini-atx cases.

Idiotic contraption...

We need that argon eon review now.

the thumbnail with "Pi NAS" kinda looks/sounds like... 🍆😉

I would have used ESP ( electro static precautions) whilst handling drives and nvme as I have seen the damage static can cause

Ive so far got 12 miles on my mac mini 2010 but with some oil it'll be fine. :>

I went w/ an RPi 4 (4GB) for my first NAS build
I used two horizontal/flat HDD caddies/trays connected to the Pi4 @ USB3.0 headers
Then I have the Pi in it's own case, but I purchased a laptop cooler w/ 4 fans to sit over the HDDs for some cooling while the Pi's case/CPU fan cools it well.

Running OMV on it and it's been great for file storage and for my IP cameras to FTP to.
It was relatively cheap, and I still get 5Gb/s speeds which beats the old 2.0 standard.

I had a WD My Cloud 4TB for a while but it was HORRIBLE w/ small file xfer (or loading directories w/ many small files). But the Pi4 powers right through w/o a problem. Although I am limited at 2 HDDs (at USB3.0 speeds) it's a nice starter

Man, can I get the specs on the fan? I have a 1965 vw Bus with an overhead air vent and I think it would fit rigth at the cover plate to give me some air flow when not moving...

* I can't image why Asus wanted to be the comparison to this science project of a NAS you're building * :P

lol pinas

Dude... You intentionally overcomplicated this raspberry pi project to make the "unsponsored" one look a lot better. Take a tap on the forehead and think in the future whether receiving free equipment for several hundred dollars is not sponsorship. Additionally, you haven't mentioned any downsides to the sponsored items. This is an ad for Asus and Seagate.

Your pi setup will have better performance if you use the gigabit network, and get rid of the pcie multiplexer.

I've been looking at a NAS and like the look of the Asustor...one thing I'd prob do is replace the fan with one of better quality, more RPM and much quieter, maybe some RGB for rear illumination (why not).

i ended up getting a fully configured used one of those on ebay for very cheap, and the drives were either never configured (there were 2 M.2 drives) or were lightly used or still in good shape (according to the SMART health reporting)

it was covered in what looked to be some sort of caked on dust with cigarette dust mixed in, which i cleaned out, but it was an amazing price compared to what i would have had to pay for a new one

IronWolf sux a lot

Can you link video of you building nas with pi

Depending on the PSUs, the cards and the cables themselves, you might have issues with floating grounds and/or loops. It would be safer to power the rpi from the big PSU as well, so that they have the same references. That said, a custom pc is going to be cheaper, more powerful and more versatile solution

My 2 Samsung 970 Evo Plus ssd's died within 2 years with only read cache in my Qnap.
You shout number the drives in case something goes wrong with the drives.

Foreshadowing? Nothing comes right out and says not to mix and match (I.e. HDD, memory whatever) but it almost always causes some sort of issue. I ran the service department in a computer store and can’t count the number of times I fixed computers crashing constantly by changing RAM modules that matched. The computer will always try to run as fast as it can and if one module is slightly slower, it can cause a problem and a crash (blue screen, freezing, random reboot). Mismatched hardware causes more issues than anyone wants to admit. Hard drives will very rarely cause issues if they’re not the same…but an M.2 is “basically” a memory module the way they connect and interact with the MB.

Pci

2.5" PiNAS is below average