Instead of using a RPi, a N100 4x4 PC with a 2TB m.2 2280 NVME is probably the best solution for the money. It uses just a little more idle power, but has much better performance. As soon as 8TB m.2 2280 NVME hits $300, I am going to retire my RPi NAS and the old HDs will only be used for backups. I am thinking that could be within 3 years.
Doing lots of small, random, uncached IO are we? Or are you using 10Gb ethernet with lots of clients?
NVMe drives are wasted as a NAS storage drive. Even a SATA1 HDD can saturate a gigabit ethernet link during sustained transfers.
The reduced latency is likely hidden by the cache and by network latency.
The only real advantages left are size and noise level. Whether that's worth the premium price is up to you.
Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:29 am
