What happens while you wait .. improvements on mechanics
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What happens while you wait .. improvements on mechanics

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Status update

The tensions over here are growing because we are really pushing hard to get the shipments out.

One batch of casings has arrived, but at the moment electronics lag behind.

Just to give you an idea on how dramatically schedules have changed during the corona outbreak.

Before the usual PCB board manufacturing time was between 10 to 14 days (depending of the size and quantity ofc). At the moment the delivery time changed to 25 working days which is hard to get used to.

Mostly it is related to missing labor, which gradually is improving now.

We think and hope that by the end of March the outbreak in China will be under control and measures taken should ease. We do not really know what will happen, but for sure after March a large amount of people will be able to return.


What happens while you wait....

Quite some of you have been watching the Youtube review from Novaspirit about the Quad Sata Kit.

We did read your comments there and used the time to do some improvements. Because the case is very compact, the airflow is an important factor to keep the temperature under control.

To improve, we are adding openings to the bottom plate which increases the air flow and also has a positive impact on the noise level.

We returned all the base plates of this batch to the factory. They are expected to return them within the next two days which means all of the shipments will already have the improvements done.

Since a few of the copper bolts broke when we shipped the first batch, we decided to pre-assemble them on the base plate to avoid this to happen. We also did re-tap the threads after the painting process to make assembly easier.


We as well will update product pictures of the Quad Sata NAS kit, because some of you asked for more details. You should find them next to the product description soon.


Stay tuned!

 

 

62 comments

Apr 16, 2020
Florian Fetsch

I’m really looking forward to start my NAS system!
Hope you guys are doing well.

One question, regarding the system… Which Linux distribution would you recommend for using it as a NAS, or cloud storage?
I thougt of DietPi?

Apr 13, 2020
Norbert

@ LARRY the limitation is purely mechanical. If there is higher capacity available for this form-factor you can use it. There are 4TB SSDs already available which could be properly mounted. The limitation though is the price tag for most of us. :-(

Apr 12, 2020
Larry Xu

I have a follow up question to Stefan’s topic. If in the future, a larger capacity 2.5 in 9.5mm drive is released, would it be possible to exceed the 16 TB limit?

Apr 09, 2020
Norbert

@STEFAN yes, this setup is unfortunately not possible. You could swap to the Penta kit with 5 drives. Build a 2,2,2,5TB jbod internal and use the 5th external esatap drive 3.5" as a backup device.

Apr 08, 2020
Stefan

@NORBERT Thanks for the quick answer. So there is no chance I can reach my goal of a 10TB RAID1 Server using the QUAD SATA KIT for Raspberry PI (all 4 drives situated in the provided case)?

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