clarkss12 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I need a suggestion for a samba server (guess that is what it is called). I have an 8 TB external powered HD, and need a device that I can attach it to, so I can "see" it on the network. I had it attached to the USB 3 port on my Asus router, but it had issues, because the router did not support the 8 TB HD. I now have it connected to one of my microPCs (Tronsmart Ara X5) USB 3 ports, but I am only gettting a max of 12 MBs speed. I would like an inexpensive board that will support that drive and is easy to set up as a samba server..... thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidol Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 define: inexpensive board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 What about ROCK64? Featuring USB3 and GBE. 25$ for the 1GB RAM board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tido Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 17 hours ago, clarkss12 said: an 8 TB external powered HD Way back I had such a problem with BIOS, the trick was, divide the HDD into 2 or 3 partitions. Did you try this already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkss12 Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 9:22 AM, Tido said: Way back I had such a problem with BIOS, the trick was, divide the HDD into 2 or 3 partitions. Did you try this already? Sorry for my late response. No, I did not try that. I really did not want to do that, I wanted just one large partition. On 5/24/2019 at 10:10 PM, Werner said: What about ROCK64? Featuring USB3 and GBE. 25$ for the 1GB RAM board. Interesting. I have one of the original Pine64 boards, still running linux on it, will that work? On 5/24/2019 at 8:13 PM, guidol said: define: inexpensive board Did not want to go over $50 USD, just to get this 8 TB drive to be accessible over my network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 The PINE A64 does not feature USB3, so you would be limited to the USB2.0 speed which is around 34MB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkss12 Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Werner said: The PINE A64 does not feature USB3, so you would be limited to the USB2.0 speed which is around 34MB/s. Thank you, I thought it had USB 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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