I’m looking to offload all my media from my main PC and make it accessible to other devices in my house. It’s likely to only be a few TB, probably 2 drives at most.

I’ve been trying to find a low-power solution since it will be running all the time. I do have a PoE switch, so it would be a bonus if it can run off PoE but not a requirement. I’ve been checking out a lot of the SBC’s that have become popular over the past couple years, but even the budget ones have gotten pretty expensive.

What are some good options?

    • moody@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      That looks pretty decent. I don’t like the toaster form factor, but I’m sure I can just use SATA extensions and 3d print a good case for it.

      OMV can run NFS, right?

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer

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  • morras@jlai.luEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You know that NAS can go in sleep mode, right? And wake up only when you try to activate them.

    But what is the use-case? Only make your holiday films available to a media center? Or do you plan to also use it as a storage for other devices?

    In the first case a sbc can do the trick (however can struggle if you share 4k). But I would definitely look into “real” NAS (Synology, qnas, etc.) before using a sbc.

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      “real” NAS (Synology, qnas, etc.)

      Any modern SBC is better than that crap.

  • Elkenders@feddit.ukEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m also watching this as I’m in the same boat. I can’t help I’m afraid but I imagine people might ask if you want to ever transcode to the other devices.

    • moody@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I probably won’t need to transcode anything, I just want it to serve files as they are.

  • toikpi@feddit.ukEnglish
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    11 months ago

    How much do you want to spend?

    If you go for a Raspberry Pi have a look at Terrapi cases as well the obvious Argon ones.

    Another option would be a Zimbaboard. It is more expensive but it has dual SATA connector (you need to buy a Y cable with the Zimbaboard) and there are 3D print designs to create a single unit, e.g. https://www.printables.com/model/224057-zimaboard-dual-hdd-stand.

    I’m not sure about PoE and a NAS. Will a PoE HAT or similar provide enough power for the board and the drives?