| 21:48 | heap_ | hi, does anybody use cubox with esata + external hdd box for NAS and using encryption? or anny suggestion for good lowpower pc for that? |
| 22:17 | cbxbiker61 | i've tested the cubox/esata/external jbod and it seemed to work just fine |
| 22:18 | cbxbiker61 | the quad core should handle encryption without problem |
| 22:26 | heap_ | cbxbiker61: i have cubox pro / old one |
| 22:27 | cbxbiker61 | it should still work fine |
| 22:27 | heap_ | cbxbiker61: can you provide more details? what xternal jbod/ how many hdd/ what ecnrpytion etc |
| 22:27 | cbxbiker61 | i didn't test encryption |
| 22:27 | heap_ | hmhm |
| 22:28 | cbxbiker61 | i tested a jbod with a 6G backplane and a couple of 3T drives |
| 22:28 | cbxbiker61 | of course the cubox/cubox-i are limited to 3G interface |
| 22:29 | cbxbiker61 | as long as you don't expect it to work like a bit x86_64 machine it works fine |
| 22:29 | cbxbiker61 | bit/big |
| 22:29 | cbxbiker61 | it would easily handle streaming video for example |
| 22:29 | heap_ | well im interested if there wont be any drastical speed reduction when i put encryption on |
| 22:30 | cbxbiker61 | the original cubox has hardware encryption capability |
| 22:30 | heap_ | cubox-i doesnt? |
| 22:30 | cbxbiker61 | it does also |
| 22:31 | cbxbiker61 | but in both cases the code doesn't get tested a lot |
| 22:31 | heap_ | so thats not good :) |
| 22:31 | heap_ | i expecting working solution |
| 22:31 | heap_ | :) |
| 22:31 | heap_ | im |
| 22:31 | cbxbiker61 | it all depends on how capable you are |
| 22:32 | cbxbiker61 | the easy route is alway to do what "most" people do |
| 22:32 | heap_ | well i need NAS with encrpytion :) |
| 22:33 | cbxbiker61 | i had hardware encryption working on the original cubox, then somewhere along the line they broke the kernel code and i haven't tested recently |
| 22:34 | cbxbiker61 | how much bandwidth do you need? 20MB/sec... |
| 22:34 | heap_ | cbxbiker61: yes around 20mb/s is fine |
| 22:35 | heap_ | if more it is plus |
| 22:35 | cbxbiker61 | my hunch is that the original cubox would handle 20MB with encryption regardless of whether it does it in hardware |
| 22:35 | heap_ | based on what? |
| 22:36 | cbxbiker61 | hardware enc will not necessarily make it faster, it'll just lower the CPU utilization |
| 22:36 | heap_ | so does esata |
| 22:37 | cbxbiker61 | i'd say get the jbod, i'll recomend a unit if you're interested, then you can test it and put it on a different computer if it doesn't meet your needs |
| 22:37 | heap_ | yes, ill appreciate |
| 22:38 | heap_ | for any recommendation |
| 22:42 | cbxbiker61 | sans-digital tr5m6g is what i have, the 6g part indicates that it has a 6G backplane, which would be useful if you attach it to a computer with a 6G sata |
| 22:49 | bewees | I guess i.MX6 (ARM� Cortex�-A9 Core) doesn't support ECC. Will there be a future cubox with ecc support? |
| 22:51 | cbxbiker61 | i can't answer for solid-run specifically, but i wouldn't expect ecc on arm processors other than those intended for servers, which are pretty sparse at the moment |
| 22:51 | heap_ | cbxbiker61: i need it only for cubox-esata-external box for hdds with esata |
| 22:52 | cbxbiker61 | ? |
| 22:53 | bewees | There are quiet some ARM archs supporting ECC thoug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ARM_microarchitectures |
| 22:53 | bewees | I think ECC should be used for consumer systems too and not only in server farms |
| 22:54 | cbxbiker61 | bewees, yes it may be useful....but people are generally more interested in system cost, hence why so few desktops have ecc |
| 22:56 | heap_ | cbxbiker61: ops sorry :) |
| 22:58 | heap_ | cbxbiker61: its pretty expensive |
| 22:59 | heap_ | 357 punds |
| 22:59 | cbxbiker61 | yeah, it's not cheap, but it should have a long useful life |
| 22:59 | heap_ | hmhm something cheaper ? 4 slots enought |
| 23:00 | cbxbiker61 | well you could go for the 4 disk model that doesn't support 6G |
| 23:00 | cbxbiker61 | i went for 6G so i don't feel inclined to replace it for a long time |
| 23:01 | heap_ | do you need 6g? |
| 23:02 | cbxbiker61 | it is of no value attached to a cubox, but it would be if you ended up reusing it on for example an x86 machine |
| 23:02 | heap_ | so the speed rapidly grow up? |
| 23:03 | cbxbiker61 | a "current" x86 machine, since even on x86 the e-sata's were generally limited to 3G |
| 23:04 | heap_ | so its its limited why u need 6g? |
| 23:04 | heap_ | brbr |
| 23:04 | heap_ | for x64;? |
| 23:05 | cbxbiker61 | i have a server box that has 6G e-sata, so if i attach to that it's faster, specifically if it's doing raid |
| 23:06 | cbxbiker61 | i don't like replacing hardware often |
| 23:06 | heap_ | ah ok... so any suggestion for 3g one? |
| 23:07 | cbxbiker61 | just search sans digital on amazon |
| 23:08 | heap_ | different brand is not good investment? |
| 23:09 | cbxbiker61 | i can't answer that, i did quite a bit of research beforehand, i'm sure something else may work too |
| 23:10 | heap_ | research based on? |
| 23:10 | cbxbiker61 | part of it was that i liked the disk layout in the enclosure |
| 23:10 | cbxbiker61 | easy to swap disks, some of the cheap ones are a pain |
| 23:12 | heap_ | nice |
| 23:26 | foresto | heap_, I haven't tested any of them, but amazon also has sata enclosures by StarTech.com, Mediasonic, and Vantec. |