[VicPiMakers Projects] Raspberry Pi looking at IPO

[Peter Sprague]

See this page at CrowdSupply: 
https://www.crowdsupply.com/icewhale-technology/zimablade#products 
-->see NAS kit down the page

CS was to be the original supplier on the first orders, then the 
ZimaBoard shop was to take over selling & shipping.  Not sure where that 
sits now.  CS seems to still offer pre-orders for Mar/29 delivery.

Zimablade purchase page/site shows the various components included in 
the NAS kit individually so you could add them to your basket: 
https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native?variant=47722451730724 
Also shows a bunch of other add-on boards like 2.5Gb NICs, etc.

Marketing it as a NAS kit is a misnomer, board can't supply enough juice 
to support two HDD at initial spin-up and your OS would be on the EMMC.  
I am planning on using a SSD for the OS, and a HDD for storage, like I 
have with Zimaboard.  Then if it works well, and need more storage, 
purchase more to build out possibly a Minio cluster

There is a quite active Discord group for the IceWhale (Zimaboard) 
products if that is your thing.

Hope that helps,

Peter Sprague MSc.
250-412-3444 Victoria

On 2024-01-31 18:38, Murray Strome wrote:
> What exactly did you order for the NAS kit?  Was this the base:
> https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native?variant=47722451730724 
>
> That one is $96. But what else did you order to make up the "NAS kit"? 
> I didn't see that particular thing in the web page. Maybe I wasn't 
> looking in the right place.
> Murray
>
> On 2024-01-30 15:22, Peter Sprague wrote:
>>
>> Give this a whorl?: https://www.zimaboard.com/blade/ Bought NAS kit 
>> and should be here approx end of March
>>
>> I replaced an old HP PC used as a webserver, etc with one of their 
>> Zimaboards running FreeBSD bought on sale.  Went from 150-200 watts 
>> to no leds showing on my UPS draw meter. Nice to not have to fiddle 
>> with ARM64 software picadillies.  Silent!! Runs on 12v if inclined 
>> towards off-grid or grid-down usage.
>>
>> Peter Sprague MSc.
>> 250-412-3444 Victoria
>> On 2024-01-30 14:51, Mark G. wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Looks like the enshittification of the Raspberry Pi as
>>> a product is set to begin:
>>>
>>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/raspberry-pi-is-preparing-for-an-ipo-in-london-for-likely-more-than-500m/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> Hopefully the Orange Pi will prove interesting...
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>
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