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> I've never seen a "real" DAS like the TerraMaster, at an 'easy buy' price - as you alluded to above, the cheap units always take…

I need to replace a couple dodgy docks I'm currently using as makeshift hotswap bays to back up an internal array (w/ ZFS). > TerraMaster…

Just to echo zfa, distro choice tends to be a fairly personal thing but having a nice stable base to work from is nice. Proxmox tends to be…

Thanks. Sadly that one looks to be a single port bridge so there's probably an expander behind it.…

Any chance you could grab the SATA chipset? I'm curious to see what the internal layout might be, if it *isn't* one of the port mirror ones…

Via USB? I've yet to find one that isn't crap. Sadly most of the 5-bay ones are some cursed abomination of one USB-to-SATA then a SATA port…

https://www.amazon.com.au/Certified-Cable-Matters-Compatible-Thunderbolt/dp/B094STPLX3/…

The 7xxx gen is when they changed their naming scheme for laptop processors. It's a [complete…

It's a bit weird because the 7640HS is Zen4 and RDNA3 to the 6800H's Zen3+ and RDNA2, so it's a significant architectural step up - but…

> btw the negative review for the 25k claiming only 16000mAh 80Wh capacity is stating the output capacity written on the powerbank. I see…

No one's going to notice or care about latency for Netflix though. More relevant for gaming, but most game servers are in Sydney anyway.

These are usually laptop 20V power supplies so all you really need is a PD trigger cable.

> I have never seen a desktop computer that support video out via usb-c natively It happens but usually reserved for the higher end boards,…

Yea fair. From their other response they've got an i7-6700 which is hopefully DDR4 (or DDR3L... are those even available in DIMM format?)…

> According to HP the Z240 tower uses DDR4-2133 non-ECC RAM. I've now found multiple different versions of the damn thing, but [this…

e: Looks like there's multiple models with a similar-ish name so if you have the one with a Skylake-era CPU then that's DDR4. Do you have a…

Oh good spot, it doesn't have any displayport at all. That's unfortunate.

Because these use 4x 24Gbit chips, and 32Gbit chips do not exist^1. So you'd need to use 8x 16Gbit chips to get 16GByte RAM. View it as a…

Just about all the specs are much higher. 256 MB RAM and 128 MB flash can be limiting on the Xiaomi, while the GL.iNet has 1 GB RAM and 8…

Sure you can. It may be a bit fiddly but OpenWrt is fully capable of VLAN tagging the WAN interface.

I'd take the i5-9500 over the i7-7700T easily. Keep in mind that 7th gen is not officially supported by Win11, and Win10 EoL is in a year.…

Gotta learn somewhere. At least you're not out much if you break this, it's cheaper than a new motherboard.

> those 2x ports on the case are limited to USB 3.2 Gen 2. From what I've read - that's really only USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 Er, no. Gen 2 is the…

You need minimum two, preferably more, copies. Preferably one stored off-site. Because no matter the brand, model or technology, failures…

Just set it up to update overnight and leave it running. They don't really use much power idle (especially in a commercial context).

> Technically you can plug an adapter into an mSATA socket and use an M.2 SATA drive. But it requires the space around it to do it. Yea, I…

Oh, that's interesting. Can @untech confirm what storage interfaces are available?

The spec sheet says it's a mSATA drive, so attempting to add storage would be interesting. I wonder if it has enough space to fit a M.2…

In case you're serious: the CPU is unsupported, and while you could probably technically install it (for now), the HDD would make the whole…

I'm actually debating replacing my Octoprint server that's running on an Orange Pi Zero and an SD card, so it doesn't really matter there!…