News NanoPi NEO3 Offers Network Storage in a Tiny Package

[Admin]

Slightly larger than a Raspberry Pi Zero W, and as powerful as the Raspberry Pi 3.

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[Rdslw]

microsd is topping around 100MB's so unless usb3.0 also can take a speedy pendrive, it does not make a lot of sense with that gigabit ethernet.
hmmm true tiny network storage.

 

[Findecanor]

Only MicroSD storage ...

Clickbait headline. Thanks for nothing.

 

[ftw2]

Only MicroSD storage ...

Clickbait headline. Thanks for nothing.

I know right... I was expecting nvme, sata, or 2.5g ethernet. Any of which may have been an interesting product.

 

[Giroro]

microsd is topping around 100MB's so unless usb3.0 also can take a speedy pendrive, it does not make a lot of sense with that gigabit ethernet.
hmmm true tiny network storage.

Theres only 125 MegaBytes in a Gigabit (1,000 / 8). The real-world speed of gigabit Ethernet is about 118 MB/S.

 

[misanthropic-gamer]

In spite of the haters (yes, reference to the Haters Annual Ball), I think this is a step in the right direction. I would like to see all of the standard interfaces smacked-down the micro.

 

[deesider]

I know right... I was expecting nvme, sata, or 2.5g ethernet. Any of which may have been an interesting product.

I don't think it is total clickbait - it depends on context. As a network storage device it could be better, but this device is a major step up from the OrangePi Zero for example - which is small, headless and very cheap, but only has USB2 and 100M ethernet.

Plug in a USB HDD and you have a cheap, very configurable NAS.

 

[OldSurferDude]

I find this device interesting. I'm using a headless RPi to coordinated a number of Arduino Nanos all with nRF24 radios. The RPI though, connects to the network with WiFi, so that estimated $20 is bumped up by the cost of a micro-router.

Since this devices is designed to be headless, the OS has to come preconfigured for remote access. That could be tricky, particularly for a GUI. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't remote access programs like VNC use the video chip? So no GUI at all?

 

[deesider]

Since this devices is designed to be headless, the OS has to come preconfigured for remote access. That could be tricky, particularly for a GUI. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't remote access programs like VNC use the video chip? So no GUI at all?

It doesn't have a built in video output, but the SoC includes a GPU, so VNC should still run fine. Apparently it is also possible to fake a GPU on a linux system if required to run VNC.