Have been considering this as well, but for a product that is generally
available (e.g. Newegg) and Linux-friendly there is very little info on
the net (e.g. dmesg, lspci, etc.). Is anybody installing Linux on
DS-520G?
Some references from the FreeNAS forums:
- FreeNAS: 'SMB/CIFS throughput'
(http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4800096), 'SATA
question' (http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4841733)
- Linux: 'SMB/CIFS throughput'
(http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4808874)
Additional questions:
- What SATA chipset does it really use? 'This'
(http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2264910,00.asp) review
lists it as 88xs6081, which returns very few results on Google. Maybe
it's a 'Marvell 88SX6081'
(http://www.marvell.com/products/storage/sata/88SX60xx%20Product%20Brief%20-%20Final.pdf)
SCSI-SATA chip?
- Assuming the SATA interface presents a SCSI driver interface to
Linux kernel (e.g. 'sata_mv'
(http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#marvell)), does it
support the usual spin-down options?
- How many fans? Can see the '120mm'
(http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2261344,00.asp) fan for
the disks, but the PSU at the bottom appears to have a smaller fan
(20mm?)
- Any lm_sensors support? PWM support for the fans would be very nice
(shut them off or slow them down when all drives are sleeping)
- Is CF socket UDMA capable? Is it on an independent PATA channel
from the 44-pin IDE connector (for a 2.5in internal drive)? Can both
be used simultaneously?
- Is the PSU standard/replacable? Has standard connectors?
- Where is the manual/documentation?
- "Intel ULV Celeron M 1GHz" (Banias) is a few release cycles
obsolete these days (e.g. similiar to low spec IBM Thinkpad T40 from
5 years ago) and does not support x86_64 (important if you want to
run Windows with >2TB) or VT (useful for running non-OSS VMs in Xen).
While it is likely sufficient now, for how long will this continue to
be the case? The D201GLY2 ITX board probably has better performance
(and somewhat greater power needs)
With a passively cooled Core2 (Duo or Solo) based CPU this would be an
easier decision. Newegg's return policy appears to be liberal, so if
nobody else takes the plunge I might procure one-- it could potentially
be a great solution to consolidate proliferating "appliances"...
Suggestions, ideas, or alternatives?
--
syburgh
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