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Helios4 vs NanoPi M4

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When comparing Helios4 vs NanoPi M4, the Slant community recommends Helios4 for most people. In the question“What are the best single-board computers?” Helios4 is ranked 38th while NanoPi M4 is ranked 54th. The most important reason people chose Helios4 is:

Has four SATA 3.0 ports so it can handle up to 48TB of storage (12TB on each SATA port).

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Pros

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4 X SATA 3.0

Has four SATA 3.0 ports so it can handle up to 48TB of storage (12TB on each SATA port).

Pro
6 core HexaCore, compact nvme extender, 4GB RAM

Pro
Open Source

Works with mainline Linux kernel and open source Mesa Panfrost drivers.

Pro
Many ports

4 x USB3
2 x USB2 available via pins
PCI-E available via pins

Pro
Fast

Rockchip 3399 with two fast A72 cores. Good heatsink limites throttling.

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Cons

Con
The project fall down

Con
No battery or UPS

A PC tailored for NAS usage should have a battery or UPS to prevent data corruption after a power loss. A tiny battery to safely shut it down would be enough.

Con
Company shut down business!

See their website-shop.

Con
Expensive

After the preorder It is expensive now.

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Bleeding edge...

To have mainline kernel requires a bit of tinkering (e.g. installing Armbian). Panfrost drivers for 3d acceleration are not mature and crash sometimes...