This board fits many uses as computer replacent. I've connected the 2.5 inch hdd to it and configured samba. I get stable throughput of 30 mbytes/sec (via gigabit ethernet), which is very good for network-attached storage. All in all - I'm happy - it's absolutely impossible to get NAS for about 50$ (not including hdd itself) in any other way. I have a plan to create network cluster with glusterfs using 3 banana pi boards - that'll be killer config (high availability storage for free in terms of server-class hardware prices). P.S. memory usage in my config is 50mbytes (95% of total RAM remains free, lol). Conclusions: if you need some device for network services - buy it without doubt (it's in addition to all the other uses this board is intended for).

This board fits many uses as computer replacent. I've connected the 2.5 inch hdd to it and configured samba. I get stable throughput of 30 mbytes/sec (via gigabit ethernet), which is very good for network-attached storage. All in all - I'm happy - it's absolutely impossible to get NAS for about 50$ (not including hdd itself) in any other way. I have a plan to create network cluster with glusterfs using 3 banana pi boards - that'll be killer config (high availability storage for free in terms of server-class hardware prices). P.S. memory usage in my config is 50mbytes (95% of total RAM remains free, lol). Conclusions: if you need some device for network services - buy it without doubt (it's in addition to all the other uses this board is intended for).

This board fits many uses as computer replacent. I've connected the 2.5 inch hdd to it and configured samba. I get stable throughput of 30 mbytes/sec (via gigabit ethernet), which is very good for network-attached storage. All in all - I'm happy - it's absolutely impossible to get NAS for about 50$ (not including hdd itself) in any other way. I have a plan to create network cluster with glusterfs using 3 banana pi boards - that'll be killer config (high availability storage for free in terms of server-class hardware prices). P.S. memory usage in my config is 50mbytes (95% of total RAM remains free, lol). Conclusions: if you need some device for network services - buy it without doubt (it's in addition to all the other uses this board is intended for).

I bought to replace my raspberry PI(died after 1,5 year). For home media center( minidlna server) and torrent downloader. I installed Lubuntu for BPI v.3.1 and Raspbian For BananaPi v3.1 from http://www.lemaker.org . Power supply from computer USB - works unstable - it's better independent power supply 5V 2A. Good option for this money.

I bought to replace my raspberry PI(died after 1,5 year). For home media center( minidlna server) and torrent downloader. I installed Lubuntu for BPI v.3.1 and Raspbian For BananaPi v3.1 from http://www.lemaker.org . Power supply from computer USB - works unstable - it's better independent power supply 5V 2A. Good option for this money.

I bought to replace my raspberry PI(died after 1,5 year). For home media center( minidlna server) and torrent downloader. I installed Lubuntu for BPI v.3.1 and Raspbian For BananaPi v3.1 from http://www.lemaker.org . Power supply from computer USB - works unstable - it's better independent power supply 5V 2A. Good option for this money.