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Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip

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429 points ingve | 6 comments | 04 Jul 25 15:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.685s | source | bottom
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whatever1 ◴[04 Jul 25 16:59 UTC] No.44466112[source]▶
Question regarding these mini pcs: how do you connect them to plain old hard drives ? Is thunderbolt / usb these days reliable enough to run 24/7 without disconnects like an onboard sata?
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1. michaelt ◴[04 Jul 25 17:24 UTC] No.44466332[source]▶
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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2. projektfu ◴[04 Jul 25 17:32 UTC] No.44466388[source]▶
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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3. asalahli ◴[04 Jul 25 18:16 UTC] No.44466736[source]▶
This sounds exactly like what I'm looking. Care to share the brand&model?
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4. x0x0 ◴[04 Jul 25 18:47 UTC] No.44466918[source]▶
power regularly hits 50 cents a kilowatt hour where I live. Most of those seem to treat power like its free.
5. projektfu ◴[04 Jul 25 20:31 UTC] No.44467656{3}[source]▶
AOOSTAR R1
6. indemnity ◴[04 Jul 25 21:43 UTC] No.44468086[source]▶
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...