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For over 10 years now, I run two self-built NAS (Network Storage) devices which serve media (currently via Jellyfin) and run daily backups of all my PCs and servers.
In this article, I describe my goals, which hardware I picked for my new build (and why) and how I set it up.
I stumbled upon this Hardware Haven video about the Zimaboard recently.
I liked it a lot.
I finally bought one.
In short, Zimaboard is a small single-board computer that is relatively affordable and comes with an interesting selection of ports, which includes an exposed PCI Express port.
Before we get down to the build, here’s a list of aspects that I want to see in my dream home server:
low power usage (2-15W typical power usage) 8GB of RAM or better enough performance to run my workloads, most of which are containerized 2x SATA or NVMe SSD slots, plus option for a third drive for the OS passively cooled and completely silent compact size gigabit Ethernet or better You might be thinking, “Wait, that’s your dream setup?
Something I miss after emigrating from the UK to the USA is the using the name of a yeast extract based spread as an adjective. To describe something as “marmite”