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Seems like a good NAS to go with. I wish AMD would do more to compete with Intel's Quick Sync Video. That said I would like to see some NAS appliances use the Intel Core i3-14100. It costs right at about $150 USD and can do around 11 sessions of transcoding according to tests (not done by me). But anyways if AMD could compete with the Quick Sync Video then the AMD version of that NAS would be a beast of a Plex/Jellyfin server especially at 8 core 16 threads.
I love that you finally started adding humour into these videos. Who ever is the new hire on your writing team they deserve a raise.
Hotswap drives.
On Linux OSs, you should be able to force a single hard drive scan after removing the drive from the software raid array and then physically swapping hard drives. This 3 step procedure (remove drive from software raid, hotswap disks, force disk rescan) has worked on a number of Linux systems without BIOS and hardware support before, though obviously not guaranteed.
Please try, and let us know your results.
how much power can your power bank support? you can easily get usb-pd compatible ones at 65W or more, with the power consumption of this nas those should be fine
This seems like the perfect replacement for my aging unraid server. My criteria is small and efficient..i purposely don't transcode and really don't care about hot swapping.
No hot swap is a deal breaker for me.
If you are using something like a Jackery or Bluetti as your power source rather than a wall outlet, the USB C port allows you to bypass the AC to DC conversion resulting in power savings. When running your home lab off of solar power, avoiding AC to DC power conversion is a very significant selling point!
Great video! The Aoostar NAS looks nice for a plex setup, but I personally prefer when ports are located on the back for a cleaner setup like R1 2bay 40T. I’m definitely looking forward to future models with that design!
That "full featured" USB-C port is a bootleg thunderbolt port, that's why it's USB-C but has the displayport logo.
if this exist 3 or 4 years ago i would have got one but i built one with a uNAS case and asrock rack motherboard with dual 10g and ECC ram and ryzen and IPMI/BMC, it did cost almost $1k more at the time. this unit costs what my motherboard alone costed. i also have 1 PCIe slot used for a old school read deal hardware accelerate RAID card that pulls about 1GB by 1GB read write with 4x 12TB Seagate drives in RAID 10. not bad read and write for 22TB, even with 24/7 NVR it still pulls 600-700+ MB/s read/write. enough to saturate 1gig ethernet
Man, I really wish AMD had an alternative to QuickSync. That combined with a 10Gbe NIC would have made this thing perfect as a router and low-power failover NAS/Plex Server that I could run directly off of the 100w USB C port on my solar generator. Would be great for overnight shutdown of my main unit, and also for power outage scenarios where I could shutdown my main Unraid/Workstation and run most of those services on a small low power device like this…
No 10Gb no ECC no Quick Sync, im out.
I can't believe I've been watching your videos for months, and today I noticed I wasn't subscribed yet 🙁
The only thing that's kept me from most of these mini PCs is the 10gbe. I've been wanting to set up a NAS for a while and my entire network (Other than the APs) I've set up with plans for 10gbe. It's like they check off 90% of the features, size, and price I want but then fall short on that last leg.
Did anyone verify, whether these models even provide enough headroom for HDD startup. The N100 model provides only 90W, which indicates to me that it might use a built-in Pico PSU, just as the AsRock N100 ITX which doesn't provide sufficient amps.. :/
nahhh bro actually keep up the funny but at the same time informal im lovin it
Two year old desk mini laptop style system, using two pcie ports shared to 4 SSD drives.
It'll do the job, but really you could build something from old AMD parts and at least be able to upgrade or fix it.
fresh install isn't going to help if it's bugged in your firmware.
I love this review, thanks for showing it to us! Yes, there's a market for a NAS like this. I've got at least two friends on Synology that would go away from the locked OS but don't want to build a NAS by themselves. This or the N100 would be great.
Is free equipment no longer considered sponsorship?
It looks like a nice replacement for my aged HP Microserver N54L running ZFS on FreeBSD (XigmaNAS – the old NAS4Free). – i.e. Would fit in the same place on my shelf probably – rather space-limited to meet that wife approval factor.
Just a little worried that it doesn't support ECC which I think I want (more than 10GB networking) for running ZFS.
You can buy 5 and 8 bay hot swappable external enclosures for around $200 or less. So, I really don't have any interest at all in any more expensive prebuilt NAS that doesn't at least match that. I'd much rather buy a Zimablade or similar and pair it with an enclosure or two.
The fact that 5 + 8 bay enclosures match with Snapraid parity numbers makes that combination the chef's kiss of low power, compact NAS devices.
I've yet to see any prebuilt NAS that can match a Zimablade + 5 bay enclosure for features and price.
FYI, I know some people will be down on this combo for doing stuff like transcoding and such but I'd rather keep my NAS pure. Having multiple purpose built devices for a range of tasks just works so much better than trying to cram all of that into a single, disappointing expensive box.
Chances are, if you are looking at a device like this one, you are already on board with the idea of multiple low power devices rather than one giant expensive all in one server.
plex transcoding is a no go so not much to compare with the better cpu ones
Seems like a great starter NAS
As W11 is there, can I add HDD’s with data on already or do I have to reformat?
in my head the fan is on the side so air can be pulled in easier
Okay, summary: worse HP Microserver at absurd price
the sense in this segment does sadly no longer exist and this is an example of it.
Too much
I feel like it should've been Intel based then it can actually also do hardware transcoding.
Hey Man! Noob question here, how to get to this "View/change cpu scaling governors wizard" thingy on proxmox? Thanks for reviewing all these Hardware! Always fun to watch!
I never understand why a NAS has the need for so many display connections? The ports on the side are very impractical in my opinion.
My techie friend also uses a Mac mini as a server and he's looking to upgrade to a nas system. I'm finding your videos incredibly useful!
"Our favorite pronunciation"? Why not just the OFFICIAL one (call the company and listen to their IVR and they'll say it for you)?
The IO on the side is the major drawback for me, because of the space it needs / wastes and cable management. I antecipace a lot of returns because of that.
Needs an option that doesn't give Microsoft any money; I suppose the bare board variety is that option though…
missing hotswap was a really stupid choice, and an utter deal breaker.
These things are cool but would be cool if they had a version that took four or six 2.5" drives by taking half in from the left and half in from the right (assuming IO was classed as the front). That way would be super short and then could just have 2 small 6cm fans on the back.
Could you use the usb-c as some sort of UPS workaround? Like have it ported into a more powerfull powerbank with passthrough power and in case of a power faliure, the powerbank keeps it powered?