What maximum disk size is supported by the NSLU2?

Discussion:

Matthias Teege

2007-07-23 04:54:58 UTC

Moin,

I've bought a NSLU2 and now I'm looking for a good disk. The Linksys
Support tells me, that the NSLU2 supports only 250GB per disk. Is this
true? Kann anyone recommend a disk bigger than that which works on the
NSLU2. I'm looking vor a 320GB or 500GB disk.

Many thanks
Matthias

Carl Zetie

2007-07-24 11:57:49 UTC

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I've been running a 500GB LaCie BigDisk for well over a year without
problems. It's a good thing nobody told me that it doesn't work :-)

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batteriesinc00

2007-07-25 18:25:33 UTC

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My current setup I am using 2 maxtor SATA 500GB drives.
My setup:
Drives:
Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Cases:
AZiO ENC311SU31 3.5" eSATA + USB 2.0 External Enclosure

unslung6.8
USB port #2 has my natively formatted EXT3 500GB drive
USB port #1 i have a hub on with the other 500GB FAT
I have plugged in other FAT usb drives in the hub and mounted them
without problems

when it gets hot in the house (no A/C) the nslu2 will drop all the
lights except the network status, i believe this is due to the hard
drives getting excessively hot, and not the nslu2. if i blow air over
the drives when i know inside temperature of the house is going to be
over 85F it will run 24/7 accessing the drives continuously. can't
tell if it is the enclosures or the drives, then noise of the small
fan doesn't bother me.

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/KnownProblems
this calls out problems formatting drives larger then 250GB, which i
did not have any, the FAT drive i formatted in linux, and the EXT3
root drive i let the NSLU2 format.
i was a bit unsettled when i took the plung and got 2 500GB drives
after seeing the known problems. i haven't seen any other people
mention they are using this large of drives, with a hub, on
unslung6.8.. i'd be interested to see if any others reply to your
question myself.

one thing i do notice is it sure takes quite a while to pull the
directory listing off these drives over the network.. i can't expect
this device to handle like a powerful server, so i deal with the
limitations, a 250GB or 320GB wouldn't take as long i'd think
hope this helps..

Post by Matthias Teege
Moin,
I've bought a NSLU2 and now I'm looking for a good disk. The Linksys
Support tells me, that the NSLU2 supports only 250GB per disk. Is this
true? Kann anyone recommend a disk bigger than that which works on the
NSLU2. I'm looking vor a 320GB or 500GB disk.
Many thanks
Matthias

batteriesinc00

2007-07-26 03:15:58 UTC

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i have 2 500GB drives and haven't had any problems

my setup
unslung6.8
USB #2 Maxtor 500GB EXT3 (formatted buy NSLU2)
USB #1 Hub with Maxtor 500GB (linux formated FAT), & 160GB (windows
formated FAT) from time to time i add this one

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/KnownProblems
points out problems with drives larger then 250GB, i took the gamble
that i wouldn't have any problems and didn't..

one thing i can say is access to the drives is a bit slow when trying
to access the whole directory listing, takes a while to browse that
much data in a GUI, i'd think smaller drive would be a lot nice if
your impatient. i would think others have something similar to this
setup, but i haven't found many posts, either no one is talking or i'm
one of the lucky few with this setup..

i've been looking at de-underclocking it, just didn't feel this would
help my problems.. also i have had an issue when the house gets over
85F (no A/C in the house) i believe it is related to the drives
getting quite warm, all lights on the nslu2 go out, but the network
light, no ssh or web gui anymore.. putting a small fan on the hd's
when it's this hot and all problems go away.. another downsize of
large hard drives, or maybe my fault with the brand and case selection..

hope this help.. i'd be interested to hear if others are using larger
drives too.

Yianis Nikolaou

2007-08-01 06:37:31 UTC

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Current Setup
------------------------
Unslung 6.8 beta
USB2: WD MyBook 500GB, primary drive formated in EXT3 using the NSLU web
interface.
USB1: HP Deskjet 3745 (-:

I did not have any problems formatting the drive. I access the files mainly
through ftp or samba, so I don't can't tell you about the speed of the web
interface access.

hth

Post by batteriesinc00
i have 2 500GB drives and haven't had any problems
my setup
unslung6.8
USB #2 Maxtor 500GB EXT3 (formatted buy NSLU2)
USB #1 Hub with Maxtor 500GB (linux formated FAT), & 160GB (windows
formated FAT) from time to time i add this one
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/KnownProblems
points out problems with drives larger then 250GB, i took the gamble
that i wouldn't have any problems and didn't..
one thing i can say is access to the drives is a bit slow when trying
to access the whole directory listing, takes a while to browse that
much data in a GUI, i'd think smaller drive would be a lot nice if
your impatient. i would think others have something similar to this
setup, but i haven't found many posts, either no one is talking or i'm
one of the lucky few with this setup..
i've been looking at de-underclocking it, just didn't feel this would
help my problems.. also i have had an issue when the house gets over
85F (no A/C in the house) i believe it is related to the drives
getting quite warm, all lights on the nslu2 go out, but the network
light, no ssh or web gui anymore.. putting a small fan on the hd's
when it's this hot and all problems go away.. another downsize of
large hard drives, or maybe my fault with the brand and case selection..
hope this help.. i'd be interested to hear if others are using larger
drives too.
Matthias Teege

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