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Anyone know about the status of the Kobol Helios64? So far it seems the best possible option hardware-wise for a compact ZFS capable NAS, although obviously ver

Anyone know about the status of the Kobol Helios64? So far it seems the best possible option hardware-wise for a compact ZFS capable NAS, although obviously very different in price from the Odroid HC4. https://kobol.io/ https://kobol.io/

yencabulator 6y ago
4 GB RAM for a 5-disk ZFS isn't going to be a great experience, as far as I understand.
- float4 6y ago
  I often read that 2-4GB is good enough if you disable deduplication, but I've never tried such configurations myself.
  - yencabulator 6y ago
    My understanding is that even beyond deduplication, ZFS performance relies heavily on caching data in memory, and without that it's actually quite slow. As in, it'll work with even 1 GB of RAM, but becomes less and less useful.
- squarefoot 6y ago
  My use case would be two RAID1 mirrors plus a spare disk. I already have a 5 years old similar config on one Mini ITX Atom board with 4 Gigs RAM and Nas4Free; no problems so far. On ARM I would probably go with OMV (suggestions?) since XigmaNAS doesn't support that architecture (yet?).
benjojo12 6y ago
I've got one! It took a while to ship because it got wedged in the middle of the COVID supply chain and shipping meltdown, but now that I have it it's a solid device, massive upgrade from the 4
- squarefoot 6y ago
  Great, so they're finally shipping. Can you give us some details about the software used, configuration etc? Thanks!
  - benjojo12 6y ago
    I have armbian loaded on it, the OS (other than the debain base) is DIY, but armbian has templates for common stuff (that I've never tried because I just use sshfs)
JAlexoid 6y ago
It's not particularly expensive, btw. If you go to Amazon and, even with heavy discounts, none of the products have even the smallest UPS built in. $300 is actually a great price for a NAS, because at that price you're looking for only an exclosure on the open retail market.

yencabulator 6y ago

4 GB RAM for a 5-disk ZFS isn't going to be a great experience, as far as I understand.

float4 6y ago
I often read that 2-4GB is good enough if you disable deduplication, but I've never tried such configurations myself.
- yencabulator 6y ago
  My understanding is that even beyond deduplication, ZFS performance relies heavily on caching data in memory, and without that it's actually quite slow. As in, it'll work with even 1 GB of RAM, but becomes less and less useful.
squarefoot 6y ago
My use case would be two RAID1 mirrors plus a spare disk. I already have a 5 years old similar config on one Mini ITX Atom board with 4 Gigs RAM and Nas4Free; no problems so far. On ARM I would probably go with OMV (suggestions?) since XigmaNAS doesn't support that architecture (yet?).

benjojo12 6y ago

I've got one! It took a while to ship because it got wedged in the middle of the COVID supply chain and shipping meltdown, but now that I have it it's a solid device, massive upgrade from the 4

squarefoot 6y ago
Great, so they're finally shipping. Can you give us some details about the software used, configuration etc? Thanks!
- benjojo12 6y ago
  I have armbian loaded on it, the OS (other than the debain base) is DIY, but armbian has templates for common stuff (that I've never tried because I just use sshfs)

JAlexoid 6y ago

It's not particularly expensive, btw. If you go to Amazon and, even with heavy discounts, none of the products have even the smallest UPS built in. $300 is actually a great price for a NAS, because at that price you're looking for only an exclosure on the open retail market.