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Please post some links for the magnitude better things of the same features (no fan, small systems, comparable ports, Intel)

ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
I mean, it's nice to have the ports, but you have externally power the drives because the PSU is 3A, so one for the computer and that leaves 2A. Most HDDs need 2A to spin up so you can only have one drive. So no redundancy. If I was to make a NAS (which is what I would be interested in) I would pay triple for something like the NAS killer 6 [3]. To be fair the Zimacube might be more of a challenge to this (but its not out yet). I think its interesting though for a small, fanless sever. But (understandably, it's cheap) if you wanted something more, an extra $200 would be get you much more. I guess it depends on what you are looking for. As for alternatives 1: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uptimelab/compute-blade https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uptimelab/compute-blade ($60 + need pi) 2: Zimablade (lol). Here's a solid blog post on it: https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2023/01/is-a-zimaboard-the-right-choice-for-me/#comments https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2023/01/is-a-zimaboard-the-rig... [1]: https://shop.zimaboard.com/collections/all-products/products/zimaboard-single-board-server https://shop.zimaboard.com/collections/all-products/products... [2]: https://versus.com/en/intel-celeron-n3350-vs-intel-celeron-n3450 https://versus.com/en/intel-celeron-n3350-vs-intel-celeron-n... [3]: https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-nas-killer-6-0-ddr4-is-finally-cheap/13956 https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-nas-killer-6-0-ddr4-...
- viraptor 3y ago
  So Kickstarter compute blade which is not shipping yet, zimacube which is not shipping yet, or build-your-own for more money which is not really the same category as the zimaboard. Those are not great alternatives today.
  - ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
    Zimaboard came out of kickstarter a year and a half ago. Patience is a virtue. Another reason why there aren't that many alternatives is that you can't use it for that much. It's like buying a car that can carry 50 kg. Great if thats your use case, but if you want anything more, there's no point. I can't really use it as a NAS, firewall etc. I think it certainly has uses, they are just ones that the average NAS/server people can do with a stronger server that can also do nextcloud, pi-hole, etc, in one, rather than have a device for each (which is way more costly).
oneplane 3y ago
Already did, click the link. Better yet: any NUC will be better, except maybe the first three generations lowest end models if you want to go that far back.
- viraptor 3y ago
  None of the Qotom devices in the same price range support connecting 2 SSDs. My current NUC also doesn't.
  - oneplane 3y ago
    Odd, what devices do you have? All of the NUCs, Toptons, Kingvoys, Qotoms support at least two disks, most more.

ColoursofOSINT 3y ago

I mean, it's nice to have the ports, but you have externally power the drives because the PSU is 3A, so one for the computer and that leaves 2A. Most HDDs need 2A to spin up so you can only have one drive. So no redundancy. If I was to make a NAS (which is what I would be interested in) I would pay triple for something like the NAS killer 6 [3]. To be fair the Zimacube might be more of a challenge to this (but its not out yet). I think its interesting though for a small, fanless sever. But (understandably, it's cheap) if you wanted something more, an extra $200 would be get you much more. I guess it depends on what you are looking for. As for alternatives 1: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uptimelab/compute-blade https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uptimelab/compute-blade ($60 + need pi) 2: Zimablade (lol). Here's a solid blog post on it: https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2023/01/is-a-zimaboard-the-right-choice-for-me/#comments https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2023/01/is-a-zimaboard-the-rig... [1]: https://shop.zimaboard.com/collections/all-products/products/zimaboard-single-board-server https://shop.zimaboard.com/collections/all-products/products... [2]: https://versus.com/en/intel-celeron-n3350-vs-intel-celeron-n3450 https://versus.com/en/intel-celeron-n3350-vs-intel-celeron-n... [3]: https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-nas-killer-6-0-ddr4-is-finally-cheap/13956 https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-nas-killer-6-0-ddr4-...

viraptor 3y ago
So Kickstarter compute blade which is not shipping yet, zimacube which is not shipping yet, or build-your-own for more money which is not really the same category as the zimaboard. Those are not great alternatives today.
- ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
  Zimaboard came out of kickstarter a year and a half ago. Patience is a virtue. Another reason why there aren't that many alternatives is that you can't use it for that much. It's like buying a car that can carry 50 kg. Great if thats your use case, but if you want anything more, there's no point. I can't really use it as a NAS, firewall etc. I think it certainly has uses, they are just ones that the average NAS/server people can do with a stronger server that can also do nextcloud, pi-hole, etc, in one, rather than have a device for each (which is way more costly).

oneplane 3y ago

Already did, click the link. Better yet: any NUC will be better, except maybe the first three generations lowest end models if you want to go that far back.

viraptor 3y ago
None of the Qotom devices in the same price range support connecting 2 SSDs. My current NUC also doesn't.
- oneplane 3y ago
  Odd, what devices do you have? All of the NUCs, Toptons, Kingvoys, Qotoms support at least two disks, most more.