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Beelink ME mini is a NAS with an Intel N200 processor and support for up to 6 SSDs (liliputing.com)
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[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just thinking "bah ssd, that'll be expensive" but a quick search on Amazon suggests prices have dropped quite a bit.

12Gb soldered on memory though. That's a shame.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

That's quite the RAM for a NAS, no? I think mine has 512MB.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Using a machine like this just as a NAS is a bit of waste. It's a full blown PC that would work very nicely as a home server for Jellyfin etc. The RAM will limit the utility, though.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on your usecase. This could very well be more than just a NAS.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well yes but it is a NAS not a homelab right?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Again, not necessarily. I have something very similar I use as a server.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ZFS needs a lot of ram

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For those zettabyte SSDs 😁 ?

I don't know what it is except the acronym, why whould someone use ZFS?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ZFS is powerful for reliability and data protection. It is designed to hold lots of data and to tolerate hardware failures. One key aspect of ZFS is that it caches data in ram for reads so having lots of ram speeds up read performance.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my NAS uses 3GB out of my 16GB total. I don't think I've ever seen it use more than 5GB.

[–] mhz@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With a SOC like that, that no way will only serve as a NAS, i can see my self easily hosting a dozen container on it and a couple VMs. That said, 12Gb is quite sufficient for my need.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but then you're looking not for a NAS but more for a minilab right? Personally I just split it in 2, one ol' trustworthy NAS and then some thinkcentre tiny to mess with.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was recently told that 16GB wasn't much for ZFS...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe it isn't bad if you have good SSDs

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RemindMe 10 years

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You are probably right, mine is from 2013 😰