It's an Aoostar R1. A mini PC with an Intel N100 and two HDD drive bays. It's going to be my new NAS.
What is that white enclosure with the vent on top?
Air purifier
Obviously. Every air purifier should have at least 16 GB RAM.
I'm guessing some sort of NAS but I'm eager to know the truth
Reverse image search says it's an AOOSTAR mini PC. Not sure how much I'd trust something like that with my data.
I’m guessing your comment is based on using an OS already installed on it? Doubtful a self hosted user would ever do that.
Certainly not me. The point of buying something like this is that you get to set it up yourself.
Why not? The data is on the drives, not on the PC.
I think their concern is not data retention, but data collection/exfiltration.
How's that going to work?
assuming you install your own operating system it wouldn't. I guess gigabyte did that thing where it would install their software with no user input but that was windows only and a disable-able bios option. I think the world also forgot about intel me but while I stub that out in any computer that I can, I don't think that is a potential vector for this either.
I want to put openmediavault on it. No Windows in this house. Actually, I live in a house with windows, though.
I’m using OMV on a Pi and she works PERFECTLY!
I did update her once and it broke everything. But a quick reinstall, all of my data was still accessible on my HDD!
Yeah it's not really so much about data loss as it is about it randomly dying one day. Or worse, slowly dying and being annoyingly inconsistent about operating properly. These devices have very low QC standards.
I don't think it'll actually cause data loss (although that's a possibility if there's any corruption introduced through invisible failures), but I usually find these devices present headaches that outweigh their low price.
With two Ironwolf drives, it's more like "Awoostar"!
... I'll see myself out.
I just wish some of those things had a reputable name, rather than another "seizure at the keyboard" Amazon brand.
I was thinking of getting one to use as a Jellyfin server.
True. But I've watched a couple of reviews about this particular model and it seems to be quite solid. Putting it together was pretty easy. While this is certainly not a piece of hardware you want to move around a lot, I'm sure it'll be fine just sitting in its little closet, chugging away.
I wish you luck with your new Bluetooth speaker.
TBH, the sound quality isn't that great.
Just remember that "Linux is not Windows" and to "go in" like It's your very first time using a PC and you'll be fine.
What's a Windows?
Best of luck with your new air freshener
Why do you want to put harddisks into an air purifyier?
awesome! i got the same one. still waiting to buy drives, as 2x 16tb drives is a tad expensive. soon ill swap my old $40 to my fancy new one. im using plain ol debian with docker. barebones but simple and secure. youll have to update us on using OMV
I have a Gen 8 HP microserver. Works great. Mine has a Celeron with 4Gb, running Xpenology, but you can plop in a Xeon and 16Gb, for containers and stuff if you want. Runs great, 4 Proliant caddies, cold plug, an extra SATA connector for a CD that can be repurposed for an SSD, a power draw of 25-45w. Very small form factor, Proliant quality and build. Fairly silent, and very small.
Super happy with it, and it can probaly be found on ebay cheap.
Well, I have this now. If it works out OK, I won't need anything else for a while.
What kind of goofy lil doodad is that?
It's a mini PC when HDD drive bays. I bought the bare bones version and fitted the RAM and drives. I'll install openmediavault on it but I probably won't get around to it today.
I’m interested to hear what you think of the n100.
I'll report back when I've run it for a while.
Nice are you gonna go with a Raid 1 setup?
Yes.
This is the kind of product I want to see. Inexpensive NAS hardware and chassis which lets the user install their own OS. I wouldn't be complaining this much if we could do that with Synology's entry-level DS line but we can't and it's annoying because they and QNAP are some of the few who price the entry-level well (in my opinion, that is). It's really hard to build an entry-level NAS under $200 unless you're going used and have a chassis handy.
Good luck and let us know how it goes. I should bookmark these guys
I was looking at this the other day on a slick deals post. Let us know how it is!
Neat.
Godspeed
Good luck!!
i thought this was a tonibox from wish.
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