Low power customizable NAS?

[JD Austin]

I asked a couple of Q7 companies for a quote and got back one a few minutes
ago from Portwell
(portwell.com):

Part Number

Description

Qty

Unit price

14-831011-0002

PQ7-M101G-1600-0512 Q7 MODULE 1.6G, 512 RAM

1

$312

14-831012-1002

PQ7-M101G-1600-1024 Q7 MODULE 1.6G, 1G RAM

1

$350

14-892000-0002

PQ7-C200 Q7 CARRIER BOARD W/V/GbE

1

$184



The ability for them to handle heat (185F) might make it worth using them
but I definitely won't save money over typical mATX hardware.  The Carrier
board drops to $180 each if I buy 100; waiting to see how much it will drop
if I order 1000.


JD



On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 09:55, Kurt Granroth
<kurt+plug-discuss at granroth.com<kurt%2Bplug-discuss at granroth.com>
> wrote:

> Thanks for the pointers.  Those definitely look more "industrial" than
> I'd prefer.  If I did roll my own, I'd certainly want to use commodity
> boards.  "Call for pricing" translates in my mind to "if you have to
> ask, you can't afford it" :-)
>
> The more I researched this, the more I realized that there are an
> embarrassment of choices!  The last I looked (5 or 6 years ago), it was
> relatively difficult to construct a silent and low power system with
> massive compromises.  Not so anymore.
>
> Now the question is at what level to settle on.  There's the SheevaPlug
> (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't
> really handle any notable processing.  Moving up a notch, you can get a
> N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a
> bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard
> drive.  Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core
> Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD
> output, if necessary.
>
> Decisions, decisions.  That's why I was kind of hoping that some local
> folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how
> well they work for them.
>
> On 10/04/2010 01:42 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:
> > We used to use these great mobos from a company called CongaTec
> >
> > http://www.congatec.us/qa6.html
> > http://www.congatec.us/qcarrier.html
> >
> > This 95x140 motherboard and QSeven module can handle 2 Data drives.
> >
> > I know you said you would prefer not to roll your own, but if you do,
> > this is an awesome setup.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >> On Oct 4, 2010 2:27 PM, "Kurt Granroth"
> >> <kurt+plug-discuss at granroth.com <kurt%2Bplug-discuss at granroth.com>
> >> <mailto:kurt%2Bplug-discuss at granroth.com<kurt%252Bplug-discuss at granroth.com>>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm looking for a NAS that looks roughly like so:
> >>
> >> o Very low power usage (~10 watts or less, ideally)
> >> o Can run squid or similar proxy
> >> o Can serve up files like you'd expect as NAS to do
> >> o Can stream media
> >> o Can run Linux or, at least, is customizable
> >>
> >> Anybody using anything like this already?
> >>
> >> I'm not opposed to rolling my own with mini-itx or the like but I'd
> >> prefer not to.  I do wonder if the proxy requirement is more of a
> >> deal-breaker since most NAS units try to stay strictly in the storage
> >> realm.
> >>
> >> One thought is adapting a Pogoplug or Seagate Dockstar or the like.  I'm
> >> not yet sure if that'll do all I want, though.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >> Kurt
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