I built a $5,000 Raspberry Pi server (Radxa Taco NAS)

Radxa's Taco, along with a boatload of SSDs, is the new gold standard Raspberry Pi-based NAS.

But my 48TB SSD NAS build is probably a dumb idea. Why? Well, watch the video and find out!

Mentioned in this video:

#RaspberryPi #homelab

Contents:

00:00 - Absolutely ridiculous
00:31 - Thank the sponsor!
01:01 - Should I build it?
02:12 - Radxa's Taco
03:13 - NAS Assembly
04:22 - 96W Power-up
05:05 - Pi OS driver support
06:07 - 2.5 Gbps Networking
07:53 - Benchmarks: RAID and ZFS
10:02 - Benchmarks: SMB and NFS
11:23 - Energy use
11:47 - My Thoughts, Availability, Pricing
12:25 - Outtro and Outtakes

[JeffGeerling]

Okay, I guess my sarcasm level wasn't quite high enough on the Raid Shadow Legends bit—I will not accept sponsorship dollars from any company I don't trust/support (and I don't trust/support Plarium).

Lambda is this video's sponsor, and they are awesome. They also have GPUs that work with their computers. I'm still trying to get one working on a Pi :D

[CraftComputing]

When your RPi has more $$ in storage than my entire rack... *!*

EDIT: HEY! I already had dibs on Whonnock disks!

[MRPtech]

Jeff: "Go big or go home"

Jeff already at home, so let's go BIG !

[amyshaw]

* hugs my 2tb raspi media server* its ok, don't let the nasty raspi man scare you, you're still enough for me

[RaidOwl]

I have learned to stop asking "Why?" when I see Jeff drop a video and now just sit back and enjoy the ride.

[vasco]

I scrolled down to see if a LTT employee commented, it's good to have a bit of hope.

[TinkerTotems]

Seeing a stupid amount of stuff strapped to a pi always brings me great joy. Keep up the good work Jeff!

[MartinPHellwig]

Sponsored by Lambdalabs, you moving up in the world Jeff! And so does Lambda for being smart enough to sponsor you! Well done all around!

[bradscott]

Take the sponsorships and have fun. You're every bit as fun and interesting as those other big guy channels. You're no Wendell, but those guys don't have a red shirt Jeff, either.

[MagicGriffin]

This channel, and Explaining Computers are the two channels that have expanded my Pi horizons over the past couple of years, so many projects planned now.

[bonce]

Paused the video to say this. I LOVE this advertisement segue with the timer and everything! I know people can't always have completely relevant adverts, but when they are they are still kind of jarring. This one actually confused me as I wondered what the timer was for because the advert itself was so contextually linked to the content! Top, top work there Mr Geerling

[eccentricOrange]

0:34 THANK YOU for the timer. This should be mandatory on YT (and I don't always skip sponsor spots because sometimes people have a genuinely good product, it's just better to know when they end)

[jfaristide]

"if you work for Linus Tech Tips and wanna..."

I died.

I'm still laughing.🤣

[gadget]

We need a “super like” button for Jeff’s videos. One little thumbs up just doesn’t cover it.

[rangefreewords]

Subject: How to conceive how hardy a raspberry pi can interface with a ton of NAS storage using only 20watts in a compact form factor.

Expectations: The board has to last a long time or you want a quick off the shelf price well within budget and high output isn't what your interests are.

So, this was a great video! Not only did it show if the top shelf storage devices could work with the raspberry pi as if you were largely concerned about space, modularity and a near unlimited private storage network on a minimalist agenda, , but to consume less than 20 watts.

I really enjoyed the review on this RaspberryPi device.

[bryanenglish]

Thank you for actually making all the impractical, insane, and super cool ideas so no one else wastes their money :)

[etiennem]

Take the raid shadow legend sponsorship, and use it to do 100 Gb/s ethernet on a Pi!

[prgnify]

Jeff awesome video! Especially because of all the documentation you keep providing us for these 'niche' use cases. I'd love to hear your take on using old enterprise disposed thin clients to set up a storage server like this one. I know you're the pi guy and that a video would come with natural biases, but would still be awesome to see

[richards]

I loved the sarcasm regarding the next sponsor :D

Also, send Anthony a shirt, he’d probably appreciate it considering he seems to like to dabble in Linux stuffs :)

[thethomasproject]

Jeff, great video! I love it when I see someone trying to push the limits into the insane. This is where we learn and break down faulty thinking. Keep up the good work.