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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Beelink SSD based NAS box thing....
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9859 |
This is interesting. Stumbled across this video of them assembling them in the factory: SSD NAS thing... Up to SIX M.2 SSD's you can install, to make a pretty large NAS thing. Intel based, can run Windoze or Linux or any other x64 NAS software. Clever and efficient thermal design to keep everything cool and yet still quiet. They cost US$269 on special now, to pre-order. N95+16GB LPDDR5-4800 memory (soldered) +64G eMMC (No SSD) Roughly one month lead time. You could easily install Windoze or Linux on the eMMC, or you also have the option of using one of the M.2 slots as the system drive. Link to the NAS box thing itself... I'm impressed with this thing. I doubt I would buy one, but I'm impressed with how small, quiet and power-efficient this would be, despite the potential to store a f-ing huge amount of data. SSD's are probably not really recommended for always-on NAS machines, but I still think this is a really interesting design!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru  Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8477 |
I love these factory videos. :) I have a couple of pretty old fanless Beelink machines and I think they're great. Apart from having to change the battery on one I've had no problems with them. Slow, unexpandable and small storage on them, but you don't always need anything more. There is another reason to avoid SSD for NAS. Micron has announced that it is going to drop the Crucial brand domestic memory to concentrate on high end stuff for AI. Other big manufacturers could follow if they see the dollar signs and that could lead to mostly the lower quality stuff being available at any affordable price - never mind a lot more fake stuff. Not good for NAS. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9859 |
Yes, SSD and RAM prices are INSANE now - thanks, AI..... AI has it's place and uses, but the Human species seems to be trying to force AI into EVERYTHING. I saw a video on YouTube the other day, where someone was asking WHY the hell AI is now in Microsoft Notepad. I mean - seriously - NOTEPAD? It's just a simple text editor. Why the hell would you want or need Co-Pilot embedded there? (rhetorical) It's just getting insane. AI is a bubble, and all bubbles burst at some point, and people are already predicting that the AI bubble is not far from bursting. We'll have to wait and see if that really does happen, but I fully expect that it will - it's just a matter of time. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3575 |
The bursting of a financial bubble does not invalidate the underlying technology. (Tulips obviously an exception.) Vibe coding with AI is incredibly productive, and that won't change if Anthropic or OpenAI or even Google lose 75% of their stock market value. Railroads, skyscrapers, networking all had burst bubbles, but went on to add greatly to wealth and well-being. The graph of Moore's Law does not even show the 2000 tech crash. "All Day, Every Day" with AI is coming soon for many in the tech, financial, legal, and other fields. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8477 |
AI definitely has its place as an incredibly useful tool, but AI at the expense of all is WRONG. Taking massive amounts of fresh water for cooling is WRONG. Grabbing all the local generation and incoming power line capacity is WRONG. Buying up land in speculation for future data centres that may never get building permission is WRONG. Running massive gas turbines 24/7/365 to power the beasts while damaging the atmosphere and increasing the rate of global warming even further is WRONG. We can't replace the water or fix global warming. Control it's implementation. Use it sparingly and wisely and where it will do maximum good. Don't use it for enhanced cat pictures and glorifying software where it *might* save 10s per day if anyone can figure out how. AI isn't "wrong", only its usage cases are often wrong. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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