Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip

Re:Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip by michaelt on Friday July 04, 2025 @01:24PM (#44466332)

Would you not simply buy a regular NAS?

Why buy a tiny, m.2 only mini-NAS if your need is better met by a vanilla 2-bay NAS?

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Re:Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip by projektfu on Friday July 04, 2025 @01:32PM (#44466388)

Good question. I imagine for the silence and low power usage without needing huge amounts of storage. That said, I own an n100 dual 3.5 bay + m.2 mini PC that can function as a NAS or as anything and I think it's pretty neat for the price.

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Re:Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip by asalahli on Friday July 04, 2025 @02:16PM (#44466736)

This sounds exactly like what I'm looking. Care to share the brand&model?

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Re:Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip by projektfu on Friday July 04, 2025 @04:31PM (#44467656)

AOOSTAR R1

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Re:Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip by indemnity on Friday July 04, 2025 @05:43PM (#44468086)

Noise is definitely an issue.

I have an 8 drive NAS running 7200 RPM drives, which is on a wall mounted shelf drilled into the studs.

On the other side of that wall is my home office.

I had to put the NAS on speaker springs [1] to not go crazy from the hum :)

[1] https://www.amazon.com.au/Nobsound-Aluminum-Isolation-Amplif...

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Re:Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip by x0x0 on Friday July 04, 2025 @02:47PM (#44466918)

power regularly hits 50 cents a kilowatt hour where I live. Most of those seem to treat power like its free.

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