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<p>See this page at CrowdSupply:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/icewhale-technology/zimablade#products">https://www.crowdsupply.com/icewhale-technology/zimablade#products</a>
-->see NAS kit down the page<br>
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<p>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.<br>
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<p>Zimablade purchase page/site shows the various components
included in the NAS kit individually so you could add them to your
basket:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native?variant=47722451730724">https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native?variant=47722451730724</a>
Also shows a bunch of other add-on boards like 2.5Gb NICs, etc.<br>
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<p>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</p>
<p>There is a quite active Discord group for the IceWhale
(Zimaboard) products if that is your thing.<br>
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<p>Hope that helps,<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Peter Sprague MSc.
250-412-3444 Victoria</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2024-01-31 18:38, Murray Strome
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:c20bb7a5-8a6d-43e3-bd46-c7ae51f89eca@shaw.ca">What
exactly did you order for the NAS kit? Was this the base:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native?variant=47722451730724">https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native?variant=47722451730724</a>
<br>
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.
<br>
Murray
<br>
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On 2024-01-30 15:22, Peter Sprague wrote:
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<br>
Give this a whorl?: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.zimaboard.com/blade/">https://www.zimaboard.com/blade/</a> Bought NAS
kit and should be here approx end of March
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
Peter Sprague MSc.
<br>
250-412-3444 Victoria
<br>
On 2024-01-30 14:51, Mark G. wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hi All,
<br>
<br>
Looks like the enshittification of the Raspberry Pi as
<br>
a product is set to begin:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/raspberry-pi-is-preparing-for-an-ipo-in-london-for-likely-more-than-500m/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/raspberry-pi-is-preparing-for-an-ipo-in-london-for-likely-more-than-500m/</a>
<br>
<br>
Hopefully the Orange Pi will prove interesting...
<br>
<br>
Mark
<br>
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