Is this the perfect Mini NAS?
I'm mini-fying my entire Homelab, but shrinking my NAS has been a problem.
Is the 4-bay NucBox G9 the perfect choice? It fits in 1U, has 4 M.2 NVMe SSD slots, an Intel N150 CPU, and dual 2.5 Gbps networking. The specs seem like they'll do great, but the proof is in the pudding...
Some of the things I mentioned (some links are affiliate links):
- GMKtec G9 4x NVMe N150 mini NAS: https://amzn.to/4cuGRzY
- GMKtec G3 N150 mini PC: https://amzn.to/4jxb8R9
- My Pi 5 SATA NAS build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l30sADfDiM8
- Geekbench test results:
- Quiet / Linux: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11471182
- Balanced / Windows: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11470130
- Performance / Linux: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11471355
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Contents:
00:00 - The need for mini
01:02 - NucBox G9 overview
01:52 - Quick teardown
02:52 - A quick boot into... Windows?
03:39 - Ah, Linux
04:16 - 4x NVMe SSD install
04:58 - Hot hot hot
05:51 - Drive and network benchmarking
06:30 - Uh oh
07:43 - Oh no
08:09 - One drive works
08:23 - Trying other SSDs
09:05 - One more trick, toaster mode!
09:57 - The perfect Mini NAS?
