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If I have CPU power at my disposal, why should I waste it? I love the fact that my NAS can serve my other needs too.

• dijit 2mo ago
  Sure, but then shouldn’t they have a lower power CPU? I’d be worried about starving my storage need for CPU (ZFS can use a good amount of CPU power) inadvertently. Running some small services is nice, to avoid having more devices, but I think people want “server with storage” and not actually a NAS, which on the face of it is growing out from nothing more than an SMB share.
  • izacus 2mo ago
    Lower power CPUs are very powerful nowadays. Like the one in your phone - it sips power and can do what a full server could do a decade ago.
    • dijit 2mo ago
      storage has also increased (thus, its management overheads). And, to be honest with you, I’d prefer phones that are battery powered get the 3nm process node and these kind of devices lagging on 7nm or whatever, since they have the capability to be powered from the wall, and you can have less consumptive cpus taking a larger spaces making a bit more heat/power per cycle: but since you need less you can get away with it. Not everything can be 3nm or lower, the yields aren't good enough. What I care more about is ECC.
    • lostlogin 2mo ago
      The rumoured Apple server (for their use, not for customers) makes me sad. I want one. Apple silicon with some other os would be an amazing low power nas.
• inigyou 2mo ago
  Do you run services on your home router, your cellphone, and your microwave just because they have CPUs?
  • fragmede 2mo ago
    My microwave, unfortunately, is closed source. However my home router runs a web server, and my cellphone runs a service called Airdrop, when I turn it on.
  • ericd 2mo ago
    Your home router is a pretty good place to run some services… Highly recommend running VPN so you can access your home network from anywhere.
    • inigyou 2mo ago
      Notably, that is routing.
      • ericd 2mo ago
        Heh well and encryption/decryption.
  • throw2ih020 2mo ago
    Plenty of people run ad-blocking DNS on their router, or mesh VPN software. Handy for devices where you can't install an ad blocker directly, and for working around CGNAT issues due to IPv4 exhaustion. If my microwave had programmable firmware I'd absolutely reprogram it, get rid of the annoying clock and make my own quick buttons for my most common meals...