📋TECH SPECS:
Efficient Laptop CPU (Intel I5 1235U) in a miniPC case, lots of drive bays:
6 SATA disk bays (3.5 or 2.5" HDDs)
4 M2 SSDs on 7th bay
2 M2 SSDs on mainboard (if you sacrifice that 10GB NIC)
or you can install 2? more PCIe Cards that hold M2 SSDs!
2x 2.5GB NICs
1x 10GB NIC (via an internal M2 slot)
2x Thunderbolt 4 ⚡ (20GB speed if your PC/Laptop supports it!)
4x USB3 A, 1x USBc
DP, HDMI, Audio connector
🔥Cooling still bad (even after revision of their first CPU cooler)
loud and inefficient, but replace a few fans and this one downside is gone!
I designed a custom Back Cover for a super silent 14cm FAN!
Link into ONSHAPE or get the STL File
✅SOFTWARE - ZimaOS FINDINGS:
- Old hdds with data on it can be easily enabled! (but some they are sometimes READ ONLY)
- Attached ext. USB drives can be shared (no change of share names...) and they are READ and WRITE!
- Software UPDATE function via WebUI super easy (there's also the manual USB stick method which is OK, but involves some additional steps)
- HDDs might not always go to sleep mode - which can cost 5-10W per HDD!
+ very easy UI, complex tasks (like setup RAID, shares...) are made very user friendly
- limited functionality
Alternatives: many options (if you like to tinker)
TrueNas Scale (free, mighty, many options, also confusing)
Proxmox, Unraid,...
OR... Windows11 / Windows server...
which is what I chose in the end
✅POWER CONSUMPTION / PERFORMANCE:
Geekbench 6:
Single-Core: 2147 (2051 in Energy saver mode)
Multi-Core: 7704 (7440 ="=)
my current QNAP TS431p takes 12w idle, and 42w with 4x 3.5" HDDs active
ZimaCube with ZimaOS: no hdds 28.7w
7w standby (If Nas is off! comes from WOL NIC?)
ZimaCube with Win11 as NAS ~ 38w idle power (so it has a bit more overhead, but way more features and convenience)
💡 TIP: Jumper power on setting on mb!
💡LED customization
✅ 💡TrueNAS guide for ZIMACUBE Pro
- Download TrueNAS Scale ISO!
(first I tried TrueNAS core - but it's outdated)
https://www.truenas.com/download-truenas-scale/
- flash it onto an USB stick using https://rufus.ie/de/
- put the Stick into your Nas and boot from it
- (you might have to enter BIOS - with BACKSP. or DEL to setup the BOOT order)
german article about setting up PLEX on TrueNAS
✅Windows 11 as NAS
Ghost Spectre Windows 11 24H2
Use compact version not superlite
LTSC: https://bit.ly/40NFysq PW: 24h2
https://ghostclouds.xyz/wp/w11-24h2-entltsc/
make Windows network discoverable!
!Use stream deck as status display
setup auto login (for Stream deck monitoring after a reboot)
Drivers for Windows:
10gbe port the driver I am using is marvel AQtion 10Gbit
https://community.zimaspace.com/t/how-to-run-windows-11-on-zimacube-pro/4063
💡 FIX if needed: Storagepool interleave size vs. allocation unit size - SLOW writes: https://wasteofserver.com/storage-spaces-with-parity-very-slow-writes-solved/
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