# Anybody for Raspberry Pi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [June 23, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/anybody-for-raspberry-pi/22775 "2012-06-23T22:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/anybody-for-raspberry-pi/22775/1 "2012-06-23T22:01:14Z")
How many ways can you serve up Raspberry Pi? It will be interesting to see all the delicious ideas as enthusiasts test their skills. [http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs](http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs) [http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/) – Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/anybody-for-raspberry-pi/22775/2 "2012-06-25T22:26:27Z")
On 06/23/2012 08:01 PM, KBOYLE wrote:[color=blue] > How many ways can you serve up Raspberry Pi? It will be interesting to > see all the delicious ideas as enthusiasts test their skills. > > [http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs](http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs) > > [http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/) > [/color] I bought one. Just waiting for delivery Lance ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/anybody-for-raspberry-pi/22775/3 "2012-06-26T17:59:44Z")
KBOYLE, [color=blue] > How many ways can you serve up Raspberry Pi? It will be interesting to > see all the delicious ideas as enthusiasts test their skills. > > [http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs](http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs) > > [http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/) > [/color] > I was thinking about using this as a FreeNAS platform, but apparently > that’s not feasible. > [http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=934](http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=934) "Yes, you can use the Pi as a NAS server. But not FreeNAS per se: FreeNAS is built on a flavour of BSD, not Linux, and as far as I know, no ports of any \*BSD in general, nor FreeNAS in particular, are planned. So you\'ll have to build your NAS starting from scratch, from a regular Linux distro which is a little more work. Also, the Pi does not have very good I/O (everything goes through a single USB2 port, even on the model B), so don\'t expect high performance nor high capacity. Anything beyond 1 disk (USB2 only) and 2-3 users will be very iffy." ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/anybody-for-raspberry-pi/22775/4 "2012-06-27T21:22:35Z")
On 6/26/2012 10:59 AM, Douglas Black wrote:[color=blue] > KBOYLE, > [color=green] > > > How many ways can you serve up Raspberry Pi? It will be interesting to > > see all the delicious ideas as enthusiasts test their skills. > > > > [http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs](http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs) > > > > [http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/) > > > > [/color] > > I was thinking about using this as a FreeNAS platform, but apparently > > that’s not feasible. > > [http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=934](http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=934) > > "Yes, you can use the Pi as a NAS server. But not FreeNAS per se: > FreeNAS is built on a flavour of BSD, not Linux, and as far as I know, > no ports of any \*BSD in general, nor FreeNAS in particular, are planned. > > So you\'ll have to build your NAS starting from scratch, from a regular > Linux distro which is a little more work. Also, the Pi does not have > very good I/O (everything goes through a single USB2 port, even on the > model B), so don\'t expect high performance nor high capacity. Anything > beyond 1 disk (USB2 only) and 2-3 users will be very iffy." > [/color] Why not use this as a nas or san even? Chicken? :-p (L)users don’t need performance. “My 4.68mb MP3 file is taking too long to move to the Q: drive. It says 3 hours remaining…HEEEEEEEELPPPPPPPPPPP_cough_PPPPPPPPPPPPP”