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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by 0cf8612b2e1e on Monday April 29, 2024 @02:19PM (#40201972)
> I'd love a consumer (price) level NAS where the OS can be ripped out and replaced with some vanilla OS/kernel.

Are there any good options today? I keep thinking of picking up a NAS, but I really do not want to use a proprietary vendor OS that might feel entitled to scan my data for useless/hostile cloud integrations. Or might have left some hardcoded password backdoors.

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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by InTheArena on Monday April 29, 2024 @03:11PM (#40202648)
Ugreen NAS - currently on kickstarter for this summer - but it's a reputable company.

https://nas.ugreen.com/pages/ugreen-nas-storage-preheat

Their hardware is dramatically better at the price points then the alternatives - even if they do have some comprimises.

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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by tremon on Monday April 29, 2024 @03:34PM (#40202986)
Wow, those hardware specs are nice. What compromises do you refer to, specifically? I think that the 8GB ram and 128GB flash cache are on the small side, but both are user-replaceable so not that big a deal.

The only thing I really miss here is ECC ram, but that's entirely due to Intel's market segmentation and not something they can change, save by completely changing their platform vendor.

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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by MrBuddyCasino on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @01:18AM (#40207479)
Interesting! Unfortunately no power draw numbers.
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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by lloydatkinson on Monday April 29, 2024 @02:25PM (#40202048)
From the same site https://codedbearder.com/posts/nixos-terramaster-f2-221/
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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by settrans on Monday April 29, 2024 @05:29PM (#40204357)
I ended up downgrading my chunky Supermicro server to a cheap Chinese AOOSTAR with an Intel N100 for $199[0], and slapped in an NVMe drive and extra RAM. Since I only need 8-9TB of storage, a zpool mirror worked perfectly for my use case. The build quality is mediocre but the product is more than adequate for my home NAS use case.

[0] https://aoostar.com/products/aoostar-r1-2bay-nas-intel-n100-...

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Re:I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS by mbirth on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @02:34PM (#40214491)
Newer TerraMaster models also come with an internal USB port and flash drive that can be replaced. They’re basically an Intel NUC with a storage controller. I’ve got the F4-423 on my shopping list for when my Synology DS-415+ finally dies.
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