Pi as a server
While it appears easy enough to have a server set up using a Raspberry Pi, I see two problems. One is that I would like to have a RAID array for the server. I assume that somewhere out in the Linux/Raspbian software there is code to do that, but a server needs to have substantial disk space. I don’t see the Raspberry Pi being able to do that with its limited I/O. I know there are hats that let you install a single SATA 2.5” drive, but I would think that a minimum of 2 is required to do RAID 1 and 3 to do RAID 5. Ideally, one would want 4 drives.
I was looking to see what was available from WD labs. At one time they offered a Pi Drive, but while I could find references to it, it seems like those products are no longer available on their website. There is a link that says the details are available on their products page. That takes you to a WD page, but a search on that page finds no products.
Yesterdays attempt to udate Raspbian from Jesse to Stretch didn’t work out. It was stuck and wouldn’t respond to the keyboard this morning and I ended up downloading a current copy of NOOBs and reinstalling Raspbian.
