A single board computer specifically engineered for use as a do-it-yourself home NAS platform, with all the raw power of the popular ODROID-C4 but with a complete PCIe-to-SATA bridge pipeline for two storage drives to run in parallel instead of the less reliable USB 3.0 to SATA setup on most SBCs.
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Pros
Pro All the necessary features to setup a true NAS with disk mirroring
When installing OpenMediaVault with Debian it feels pretty fast for such a small thing. Easy and well documented and an active community at the software side.
Pro Dual drive for RAID mirroring
Useful to keep your data backed up in case of single drive failure.
Pro 3.5" drive and 12V support
No extra cables necessary for 3.5" drives and plenty of power.
Cons
Con Requires 15V power supply
12V 5.5/2.2mm barrel supplies are everywhere, but it should 1up with USB C power input instead.
Con Only one USB port and does not like power cut
Better to use a small UPS and keep a SD card with the flash boot installed.
Con Boot button is on bottom
Makes it more difficult to access when drives are installed, as opposed to on the back, sides, or front.
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