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I'd like to replace my NAS using a mini - but Apple segment the market on disk. A "dumb" NAS 2.5" SSD drive array plugged into one via firewire, and then o

by nikcub 2y ago

I'd like to replace my NAS using a mini - but Apple segment the market on disk. A "dumb" NAS 2.5" SSD drive array plugged into one via ~~firewire~~, and then out to the network via the Mac Mini would work. edit: thunderbolt!

marxisttemp 2y ago
FireWire? Once I have some more disposable income I plan to buy a Thunderbolt RAID array and a mini. FireWire hasn’t been on Macs for at least a decade. Apple’s internal storage pricing is absurd but you wouldn’t plan to use a NUC or a Raspberry Pi SOC’s onboard storage for a NAS anyways.
- nikcub 2y ago
  hah! meant thunderbolt :) > Thunderbolt RAID array this is interesting: https://www.owc.com/solutions/ministack-stx https://www.owc.com/solutions/ministack-stx