06-26-2018, 11:37 AM
(06-26-2018, 06:52 AM)elsmandino Wrote: Thanks very much for that, Luke.
I am really tempted to look into one of these devices as a complete swap for the NAS.
What, do you think, would be the best way to attach multiple hard drive to the Rock64.
Also, is there anyway I could attach an SSD to host the operating system?
You could boot from an SSD by flashing uboot to SPI on the board. Its simple to do. Other drives would have to be attached to the USB 2.0 ports which would obviously result in (relatively) slow performance, as you'd be limited by the USB 2.0 BUS. And these HDDs would have to be attached using a powered case OR a via a powered USB 2.0 hub as USB 2.0 cannot deliver enough power to drive HDDs.
Others have used USB 3.0 hubs to drive multiple drives at faster speeds but having multiple drives attached to one USB 3.0 can cause issues.
Personally I'd advise you get the RockPro64 if you want a NAS with multiple HDDs (the board has PCIe as well as USB 3.0 and C). And tehre will even be a NAS case for it - take a look in the RockPro64 subforum.
