Buy.com offers the Pogoplug Multimedia Sharing Device in Black, model no. POGO-P21, for $24.99 with free shipping. This device connects directly to your router and accepts up to four USB hard drives for storage. Drag and drop videos, photos, and music from your Windows or Mac computer to share with other systems securely across the Internet, or with mobile devices such as iPhone and Android phones. LINK
Beware if you are expecting a Pogo-P21. These seem to be mislabeled boxes, or at least they were the when the same item and description were offered 2 weeks ago. Although the box label says "Pogo-P21", the label on the device itself is "Pogo-E02" which is ARM5 single core, not ARM6 dual core. The box and device labels carry identical barcode numbers otherwise. The device label is the correct one.
That said, you can run Arch Linux ARM on the Pogo-E02, it just requires a different installation procedure, including replacing the boot loader. Replacing the boot loader probably voids the warranty and could potentially (but rarely) brick the device. Another difference, the Pogo-E02 comes with 256MB of RAM (twice the RAM of the -P21).
Tozmo
Tired Member
posted: Jan. 23, 2012 @ 3:08p
Is it possible to take a pogoplug and connect a Raid 4bay ext hd enclosure to it, then setting up raid 5?
Tozmo said: Is it possible to take a pogoplug and connect a Raid 4bay ext hd enclosure to it, then setting up raid 5? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132029 Creating a 4bay nas for half the price, yet still getting the media capability of the pogoplug?Not with the Rosewill product you've mentioned. That one requires an eSATA connection to the host computer, which the PogoPlug does not have.
However, if you had an enclosure that does RAID by itself (not depending on the host or host adapter to do it) and plugs in via USB, that would work. But such enclosures are probably more expensive than the NAS you were hoping to undercut.
FreeFlyer said: Beware if you are expecting a Pogo-P21. These seem to be mislabeled boxes, or at least they were the when the same item and description were offered 2 weeks ago. Although the box label says "Pogo-P21", the label on the device itself is "Pogo-E02" which is ARM5 single core, not ARM6 dual core. The box and device labels carry identical barcode numbers otherwise. The device label is the correct one.
That said, you can run Arch Linux ARM on the Pogo-E02, it just requires a different installation procedure, including replacing the boot loader. Replacing the boot loader probably voids the warranty and could potentially (but rarely) brick the device. Another difference, the Pogo-E02 comes with 256MB of RAM (twice the RAM of the -P21).
That's awesome!
I would much prefer the E01 over the P21 or B02 that have been showing up lately.
FreeFlyer said: Tozmo said: Is it possible to take a pogoplug and connect a Raid 4bay ext hd enclosure to it, then setting up raid 5? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132029 Creating a 4bay nas for half the price, yet still getting the media capability of the pogoplug?Not with the Rosewill product you've mentioned. That one requires an eSATA connection to the host computer, which the PogoPlug does not have.
However, if you had an enclosure that does RAID by itself (not depending on the host or host adapter to do it) and plugs in via USB, that would work. But such enclosures are probably more expensive than the NAS you were hoping to undercut.
So now with that Sans Digital enclosure (USB 3, hardware RAID) from Newegg that is on the forums here, would that work? A $150 4bay enclosure + $25 pogoplug "head" would be pretty swift if the pogoplug can handle coordinating the tasks of backup and streaming... Perhaps better than a $350+ 4bay NAS?
This looks very interesting. I would have bit if it supported native Windows file sharing. Currently, you have to install their software to access your files even when you're on your local network.
anontemp123 said: This looks very interesting. I would have bit if it supported native Windows file sharing. Currently, you have to install their software to access your files even when you're on your local network.That's why we toss the Pogo software and install Arch Linux (on which you install Samba for native Windows file sharing). Of course, that's not exactly a plug-n-play problem for the uninitiated.
I have a 6 yr old FreeBSD Samba server running on 256MB, but isn't that next to nothing these days? Also, what if Buy.com sends the 128MB version? But really, experience is what matters. What's your experience with installing Arch Linux on this device? Do you get reliable RAID with Arch Linux on this device? Have you used HFS+ formatted drives with Arch Linux?
anontemp123 said: I have a 6 yr old FreeBSD Samba server running on 256MB, but isn't that next to nothing these days? Also, what if Buy.com sends the 128MB version? But really, experience is what matters. What's your experience with installing Arch Linux on this device? Do you get reliable RAID with Arch Linux on this device? Have you used HFS+ formatted drives with Arch Linux?IMO these are low power (idle = 2 watts) NAS adapters with the flexibility to do anything you might want that fits within the hardware limitations. I don't know what x86 FreeBSD looks like in terms of memory footprint, but Arch Linux ARM's base footprint (w/ 3 smbd's running but nothing served yet) is around 47MB.
As for RAID/HFS/etc., try a search on your question terms here or here.
As for getting a 128MB version, that's what RMAs are for.
I couldn't find anything definitive as to the feasibility of software RAID 1 on a Pogoplug. The recommended solution for mirroring seems to be rsync-ing to a second drive.
The coolest tidbit of information I found was that the -P21 does actually include an SATA connector! This means you can use an SATA to eSATA cable to attach external devices! Additionally, you can run ArchLinux off an SATA drive without any modification to the Pogoplug: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2146
For those who have installed linux, can you use the USB ports for anything besides HDD? I would love to set up a camera as a front door security monitor.
SDHank
Member
posted: Jan. 29, 2012 @ 2:10p
MoonlitHollow said: For those who have installed linux, can you use the USB ports for anything besides HDD? I would love to set up a camera as a front door security monitor.
Yes. The USB ports work the same way as on any Linux computer. I have a USB hub attached to mine with a USB-Ethernet adapter and the USB connection to my UPS. It functions as my firewall and mail server.
SDHank said: MoonlitHollow said: For those who have installed linux, can you use the USB ports for anything besides HDD? I would love to set up a camera as a front door security monitor.
Yes. The USB ports work the same way as on any Linux computer. I have a USB hub attached to mine with a USB-Ethernet adapter and the USB connection to my UPS. It functions as my firewall and mail server.
Awesome. My next question; how would I go about installing gnome or kde environment? I presume that either the debian or archlinux install for pogo does not come with a GUI standard. My goal would be to have either option of using command line or a remote session with a GUI.
opensourceismymantra
New Member
posted: Feb. 5, 2012 @ 2:47a
I order 1 of these $25 specials. I got an E02 with a 1.2 GHz Marvell ARM926EJ-S CPU and 256 meg of ram. There is no video card, so gnome or KDE are not really useful. If you want to VNC to the machine, I suggest you go with something like: http://www.hunterdavis.com/2011/08/09/using-the-dockstar-as-a-full-home-theater-replacement-part-1/ Enjoy
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