The EVERYTHING $300 Fanless Home Server

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  • This fanless server has EVERYTHING. Inside is an Intel Atom C3758, 4x SFP+ 10GbE, 2.5GbE, SSD slots, and external HDD connections. We show you how you can make this an awesome pfSense or OPNsense appliance or NAS/ virtualization host for something like Proxmox VE or TrueNAS and save $1000 or more doing it.
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    00:00 Introduction
    02:09 External Hardware Overview
    06:40 Internal Hardware Overview
    10:55 Performance
    13:30 Power Consumption
    14:48 Key Lessons Learned - Turning this into a Proxomox VE or TrueNAS NAS and VM Host
    18:36 Wrap-up
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  • @pinkowl9752
    @pinkowl9752 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    The AliExpress reseller just uploaded your video to their product page, lol.

    • @naps1saps
      @naps1saps 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I've seen this with other products but is usually an embed youtube vid so not technically stealing?

    • @NetITGeeks
      @NetITGeeks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@naps1saps In AliExpress situation here, they actually downloaded this video and uploaded to their own servers. Hence, they are stealing content. LOL

  • @craftkiller9627
    @craftkiller9627 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    TWO DAYS AGO I bought one of the fanless boxes you reviewed last year, and NOW you show me this absolute beauty?!?!

    • @DigitalIndependent
      @DigitalIndependent 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      This happens with everything… we‘ll have to get used to it

    • @massimo79mmm
      @massimo79mmm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      i think this thing is even older than yours...

    • @thatguyinabeanie
      @thatguyinabeanie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      return it

  • @stephenneal7373
    @stephenneal7373 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    I'm sure others have already posted - but a possible reason why the USB 2.0 RF dongle and the USB 3.0 flash drive didn't work together is that USB 3.0 connectors can give off a LOT of RF in the 2.4GHz range that can take out a lot of RF keyboard dongles if they are too close to a USB 3.0 port running at USB 3.0 speeds. I have a small USB 2.0 extender cable to move the dongle away from the port for just this scenario.

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Totally correct. Have a great weekend!

  • @trisymphony
    @trisymphony 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +260

    This feature set screams "make me into a 1U server with 4 hotswap bays connected over the SFF 8087". I would love to buy that as a NAS/homelab box.

    • @webluke
      @webluke 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      So much of the Chinese network gear is so close to being super useful but falls short of being useful without something extra. Even Western name brands always seem to compromise on dumb things that wouldn't have increased the cost by much but lost sales because of it.

    • @hypercube33
      @hypercube33 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      100% would buy this right now if it came in a stubby 1U short box.

    • @mito-pb8qg
      @mito-pb8qg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@webluke They wouldn't cannibalize sales of their outrageously overpriced enterprise level gear like that, which DOES have those features.

    • @philipslighting8240
      @philipslighting8240 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Buy it then.

    • @thisisreallyme3130
      @thisisreallyme3130 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      If you ditch the case, it might fit inside a 1U enclosure, or worst case onto a 1U shelf.
      The case can't be doing too much heatsinking, since the top is where the fins are and there's just air under them..

  • @stevenmishos
    @stevenmishos 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +160

    One thing I'd like to see covered is how well these small companies manage firmware updates over time.
    I really liked Intel NUCs for small homelab devices because Intel did a good job keeping BIOS updated as vulnerabilities were discovered.

    • @TheRealMrGuvernment
      @TheRealMrGuvernment 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Same. So many of these fly by night companies selling small boxes like this with left over parts from makers. My other main concern is, any spyware chips in these systems? Has anyone done a proper port mirror to monitor traffic going out of these devices, outside of the OS....

    • @2dfx
      @2dfx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I'll tell you and save you the trouble. They're about as solid as D-Link. Meaning, the product will be obsolete and dropped from support before it's even released.

    • @EvilDaveCanada
      @EvilDaveCanada 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Anyone know how ASUS is going to support the NUC series now that they bought it from Intel?

    • @ChrisWijtmans
      @ChrisWijtmans 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      they could be a target for gnu boot. But i want to avoid these since they are intel based. I am looking for something like this based on AMD or even ARM based. Althought a router only needs 2 ethernet ports. Which can be extended with a switch. thats all i need currently and i havent found it yet.

    • @peterboil4064
      @peterboil4064 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      GNU Boot doesn't even really exist... @@ChrisWijtmans

  • @UpcraftConsulting
    @UpcraftConsulting 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    If you want 1u rackmount I suggest sending them a message. I have bought customized Qotom devices with 1u cases for small upcharges before. They are usually very open to case customization. If you order in larger quantities they would even silkscreen your own logo on the box as they offer ODM services for an upcharge. (Quantity required wasn't even that large, like 6)

    • @Kendal1999
      @Kendal1999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How much have you paid for custom 1U? Want to know if it worth few extra bucks to get it

    • @UpcraftConsulting
      @UpcraftConsulting 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @Kendal1999 $50 is typical. Includes a new fixed / internal power supply.

    • @Kendal1999
      @Kendal1999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@UpcraftConsulting holy that's a good dead imo.

    • @Darkk6969
      @Darkk6969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@UpcraftConsulting That is very appealing! Will have to check it out.

  • @BenX256
    @BenX256 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you! I've been looking everywhere for something that checks all the boxes for a new proxmox/router unit for my homelab, I think this blows my requirements out of the water and gives me room to grow. this is probably it!

  • @billhgong
    @billhgong 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    The mouse keyboard dongle and USB drive issue just can’t be resolved since USB 3.0 will interfere with 2.4GHz signals. At such close range EMI shielding won’t work either so it’s not a design flaw for this particular product. If you use an extension cable for the dongle it should resolve the issue.
    Also the SSD is covered in epoxy or sealant is most likely to make it environment-proof instead of for security reasons.
    The slot below two m.2 2280 slots is a m.2 3042 slot and is wired for WWAN (when considering the SIM slot is next to it, and of course the majority of m.2 WWAN cards are in 3042 size unlike WLAN cards at 2230 size).

    • @moomah5929
      @moomah5929 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      He could trying using an USB extension cable to move the dongle away from the USB3 port and stick. I did this with some of my dongles.
      Btw, still funny how many people leave bad reviews for wireless 2.4GHz devices simply because they don't know about this USB3 design flaw.

    • @zyeborm
      @zyeborm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah you need an extension cable to get them to work half the time

    • @billhgong
      @billhgong 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@moomah5929 That's right, they're supposed to blame Intel and USB-IF 😏

    • @eveningstarnm3107
      @eveningstarnm3107 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An SSD in a security device from China sealed in epoxy... I'm sure there's nothing to worry about, right?

  • @marcogenovesi8570
    @marcogenovesi8570 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    These chinese industrial-ish things are on a roll. I remember a year ago when it was hard to get even a multiple eth mini PC and now boom it slices it dices it washes the dishes

  • @PeterZin
    @PeterZin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I spotted this thing on Aliexpress a couple of months ago. Such a sweet connectivity hub. It would make a nice 10gbe router/firewall to pair with wifi 7 AP later down the road this year.

  • @djsmeguk
    @djsmeguk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Rhis looks like a possibility to replace both a 12 year old homelab server and a newer but still old qotom netbox. The 2.5 and 10g combo looks amazing and replacing the old server HDD setup with something more portable would be a nice upgrade.

  • @rdcardex
    @rdcardex 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sweet! I was looking how to shrink my homelab budget, and this looks pretty darn awesome to achieve that goal. Thanks Patrick... have an awesome day.

  • @vandorb12
    @vandorb12 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    When you first showed off the Hunsun appliances, I stared saving up, but now with SFP+ ports on this unit, I'm tempted to deviate and go for this just for the potential to future-proof my homelab.

  • @nestorkropotkin8952
    @nestorkropotkin8952 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really glad I am still early on in my Home Server project. Still might keep my NGFW separated from my NAS/Home Server but this might just pull me back into the All In One plan again. The nice thing about 'passive' cooling is that adding active cooling to it is not hard. :D

  • @RyanGrange
    @RyanGrange 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have an older QOTOM model with dual 1Gb eth, a J1900 cpu, 4GB RAM, and 60GB EMMC storage. It's served me faithfully as a pfSense firewall/router for many years now.

  • @waifulhu9898
    @waifulhu9898 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    you always manage to post a video about the exact device i need at the exact time i'm looking for it lmao

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Welcome to STH! :-) Happy new year!

  • @djole02
    @djole02 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    @8:30 That's a M.2 B-key slot for 4G/5G WWAN cards. You can even clearly see the connections to the SIM card slot.
    edit: It's really great to see that you get this slot on this PC as it can offer quite inexpensive WAN redundancy.

    • @TayschrennSedai
      @TayschrennSedai 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That was my first thought, drop a 5G antenna onto it and profit.
      Not sure off hand what OS supports that OOB but it's a unique feature.

    • @feedmytv
      @feedmytv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TayschrennSedai I think it's used more as primary connection and not OOB. Like POS equipment. The only LTE OOB I ever saw in action was in DC colocation

    • @TayschrennSedai
      @TayschrennSedai 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@feedmytv I actually was thinking for a failover connection. By oob I meant I don't know what OS supports LTE connections out of box, not out of band haha

    • @anthonygreen77
      @anthonygreen77 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Can the wireless card be used as a redundant WAN link if your fixed ISP is down? Any info on how to set this up in pfsense?
      Also any idea on how much the wireless WAN cards cost?

    • @gearboxworks
      @gearboxworks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TayschrennSedai- And that is a great example of why people using initialisms all the time can be so infuriating. #justsaying 🙂

  • @NatesRandomVideo
    @NatesRandomVideo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    STH starting the year off with a bang. Cheers!

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This month is going to be bonkers now that the new studio is taking shape

  • @Tgspartnership
    @Tgspartnership 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    a great find Patrick!! thanks for testing this machine sounds like a little beauty.

  • @NonyaDamnbusiness
    @NonyaDamnbusiness 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Dammit, Patrick! I already replaced my old 1GB Protectli firewall running baremetal Arista/Untangle with a CWWK N305 4-port 2n5GB firewall and virtualized OPNsense on it passing thru WAN/LAN NICs and installing HAOS as a VM and moved all my docker stuff over to an LXC running Docker (~20 containers) and now this shows up.
    Oh well, at 7% CPU utilization and only using 48% of the 32GB RAM I have installed it I think I'm good to go for a while. it did replace a separate firewall and Proxmox server so at least overall power consumption is down. And I did add a Zigbee USB stick to it and it's slowly replacing the Philips Hue-based lighting systems I have with cheaper options that don't require me to have a "cloud account" with Philips.

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cool box! You are right the challenge is often on memory capacity not CPU performance.

  • @drescherjm
    @drescherjm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Looks fantastic for the price.

  • @theaddies
    @theaddies 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great video. What a cool device. Do you happen to have further information relating to specific ram this machine can accommodate. You mention ECC ram. I was wondering if you have any idea specifically which sticks.

  • @MuckingFedic
    @MuckingFedic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This amazing! Thank you!

  • @RunarBorge
    @RunarBorge 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thanks for a great review! :) Have you tried using 1gig sfp modules in those 10g ports?

  • @saxxonpike
    @saxxonpike 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is absolutely nutty for the price point.

  • @kmacintyre1972
    @kmacintyre1972 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great review! Subbed

  • @hellsing56666
    @hellsing56666 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Seems really great for a home router/nas.

  • @CrimsonDemonKyo
    @CrimsonDemonKyo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have been looking at this alot and I have found that the spot you were thinking was for a Wifi card is a M.2 B Keyed 3042/3052 slot this is commonly used for 3G,4G,5G Celluar Card. Wifi cards use M.2 A+E or M.2 E keyed slots. I was not able to find a good way to use wifi in this without some type of adapter card.

  • @randomlegodev
    @randomlegodev 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    this might just be the overpowered router I've been looking for, awesome video :)

  • @tommybronze3451
    @tommybronze3451 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So comparing it's CPU Atom C3758 (8 cores) - cpu mark score 4614
    Netgate 6100 CPU Atmo C3558 (4 cores) - cpu mark score 2417
    Not a massive performance boost, but damn it's a great alternative for failover router alternative to netgate products ! An yes I doo agree that this one do actually take the cake in terms of connectivity & extendibility @ low power package.
    Wait ... I've just realised, this could work as both my failover firewall and failover web server ... where's my credit card ?!
    THANKS PATRIC for so far the best late Christmas / new year gift !

  • @JohnPMiller
    @JohnPMiller 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm happy with my 4-port N5105 box, but this box will make a lot of people with faster connections happy.

  • @SB-qm5wg
    @SB-qm5wg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    $300 is fair for this. Good review. ty

  • @hmurchison8123
    @hmurchison8123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This will be perfect to build my nextgen firewall.

  • @gearboxworks
    @gearboxworks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I kept expecting Patrick to complain about "the lack of USB ports." 😂
    I really wish it had at least an option for IPMI or equivalent; that is high up my list of preferences for on any server.
    Lastly, having an HDMI port or mini-HDMI port would be nice given how many monitors these days no longer have VGA ports.
    OTHER THAN THAT, seems like a really awesome find, especially with the Atom C3xxx processor.

  • @Cr4zYH3aD
    @Cr4zYH3aD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That looks awesome!

  • @MostlyPennyCat
    @MostlyPennyCat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Kettop-Mi4125L5 has a J4125, meaning you get QuickSync too for Plex support.

  • @ralf391
    @ralf391 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2024: The desk has hit rock bottom. Frohes und Gesundes, STH!

  • @dktol56
    @dktol56 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In the vyos forums, there are reports of link problems with the X553 and the ixgbe driver in the 6.x kernels, but not the 5.x kernels. Seems that some sort of regression occurred in the in-tree ixgbe driver maintained by the Intel developers, but a forum poster troubleshooting the problem was able to get it to work by compiling the latest Intel out-of-tree source against the vyos kernel. Probably just a temporary fix until this gets sorted out. BTW, it doesn't affect pfsense and opnsense since they are bsd-based. I'm surprised that Patrick didn't run into this issue with the 10Gb SFP+ ports when testing proxmox and truenas scale, as they are both based on Debian 12 with a 6.x kernel. Maybe both are using the out-of-tree Intel driver in their custom kernels?

  • @Elristan
    @Elristan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oooooooh these are SO GOOD. Thankful I stumbled on this video, I nearly bought parts to build a node with half the cores, none of the high speed NICs and only 4 to 6 SATA ports... Supposedly woulda been more power efficient though, but marginally... And the whole thing would have been more expensive than this (excluding DAS enclosure). Thanks !

  • @gtoger
    @gtoger 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Very interesting. I've been looking for a device like this to run a small ESXi lab on that wouldn't scream away in the hall closet. I'm a little concerned the proc wouldn't hold up very well in that use but it otherwise looks nearly perfect.

    • @camaycama7479
      @camaycama7479 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not sure that CPU support virtualization ?

    • @Br4mVAL
      @Br4mVAL 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@camaycama7479 it does

    • @Darkk6969
      @Darkk6969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@camaycama7479 It does. 12:17 in the video. VT-x is what you're looking for.

    • @robbyandrews223
      @robbyandrews223 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@camaycama7479 Denverton definitely supports Intel VT.

    • @lvmeijer
      @lvmeijer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@camaycama7479 He mentions in the video he ran Proxmox, as well as Windows and Linux

  • @floriantthebault521
    @floriantthebault521 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Super vid, as usual !
    I've been looking at the data sheet of Qotom, but I can't find the chipset used for the SFP+ NIC. I only see it's using the i225-V (1Gbit/s) and i226-V (2.5Gbit/s) for the RJ45 ports, but nothing about the SFP+.
    Would you know which NIC (and speed) are using the two SPF+ ports ?

  • @pbrigham
    @pbrigham 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Oh boy, what a Pfsense killer, just love it.

  • @I4get42
    @I4get42 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Patrick! That looks really cool.

  • @Pit_stains
    @Pit_stains 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very nice. As I write this, shipping is $42.04 regardless of build (on amazon). I might try this out to replace a super old desktop PC i've been running pfsense on. Thanks

  • @LiveType
    @LiveType 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    This being under $300 for the barebones kit is wild.
    Truly living in the future.

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly.

    • @AustinMichael
      @AustinMichael 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Not really. It's 7+ year old hardware in a cheap unibody case. The Chinese can pump these out really cheap.

    • @nadtz
      @nadtz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@AustinMichael For the intended use for most people it doesn't matter that much that it's an older chipset in an inexpensive case so long as it can handle the traffic over the SFP+ ports. I do get what you are saying though and it's not like there aren't any downsides with these companies like long term support or any support at all depending on the vendor.

    • @Darkk6969
      @Darkk6969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nadtz These are fine since FreeBSD and Linux can easily support these older hardware. Also since it's been around for a long time the drivers are already been vetted.

    • @nadtz
      @nadtz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Darkk6969 I agree, opnsense/truenas/proxmox would probably have no problem supporting these, but there will be some wackos out there (like myself) who want to try to run everything under the sun out there on something like this with proxmox or what have you so newer CPU/chipset options wouldn't be a bad thing. That said for the price I couldn't really complain for the feature set.

  • @nikodemradomski1782
    @nikodemradomski1782 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I will buy it as soon as more is in stock since it will perfectly replace my main server but would be amazing to see it with a more powerfull cpu by having a active cooler

  • @thegeekno72
    @thegeekno72 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    What an unexpected (to me at least) review drop, I was wondering if this one would get in your hands, I ordered mine last week already, still waiting for the delivery so that'll be a treat to enjoy while I wait patiently !
    EDIT : Hi patrick, did you mention the nanoSIM slot or did I miss it ? 🤔 Happy new year to you and the team !

    • @notreal5311
      @notreal5311 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Came to the comments to ask about the SIM card slot!
      Also the bookmarks talk about Proxmox and TrueNas at 14:48 but its just DAS talk - would have liked to see how it hndled running Proxmox etc.
      Think they did a little partying on NYE! Cheers!

  • @massimilianogilli1164
    @massimilianogilli1164 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would have loved to see some syntethic benchmarks on those nics.
    Does it make sense to make this unit a Wireless AP as well?

  • @omegatotal
    @omegatotal 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    need more of these in 1u super compact chassis
    AND 1u half width chassis that can run 2 side by side for HA

  • @stevenwheelwright572
    @stevenwheelwright572 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    the coral edge TPU has a m.2 E key form factor that would work with that empty WiFi slot. you could then run an NVR with object detection very easily with frigate

    • @ShadVonHass
      @ShadVonHass 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Does it get assisted at all by the usual iGPU or would the coral do it all?

    • @concinnus
      @concinnus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ShadVonHass The C series CPUs don't have an iGPU.

    • @theglowcloud2215
      @theglowcloud2215 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "very easily" lol there's nothing easy about configuring Frigate with object detection when it comes to most off-the-shelf cameras

    • @j67160
      @j67160 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Frigate thinks my wall is actually a human

  • @adamkonrad
    @adamkonrad 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is really good and the price point is crazy!

  • @Really2950
    @Really2950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great product

  • @brettpeckinpaugh
    @brettpeckinpaugh หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video, you talk about virtualization. What can this handle virtualizing? The process is not the beefiest. I recently got a NUC 13 and installed ESXI 8 and I am pretty happy with how many machines I can run on it. I also have a server running a few quests and docker containers, so curious what this little box could do for me besides just being a router/firewall. Currently my server is the NAS as it needs direct connect between a quest and the NAS storage drives.

  • @reneb5222
    @reneb5222 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I bought the 1U unit version with i226V nics with 64 GB memory. It also has fan and is looking great. There's one major issue with the unit intel x553 SFP+ ixgbe is a no go on Proxmox. No kernel driver in Debian.

  • @memadmax69
    @memadmax69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sweet.
    I'll take 10.
    Thanks.

  • @leonwatertor6647
    @leonwatertor6647 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolute great video i was looking if i could buy one unfortunately amazon does not ship this item to the netherlands and aliexpress has a huge markup for the same system plus 50 euro shipping. Anyway great video and keep up the good work

  • @confusedbeard69
    @confusedbeard69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maybe it this is the upgrade I've been waiting for. My i5-3330 pfsensebox is a tad old and uses a bit of power.

  • @concinnus
    @concinnus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I just ran across the C3558 version of this like a week ago, what're the odds? But yeah, I225V is a bit of a bummer (tho they say I225/I226, so I guess they can have either).

  • @PhilippDurrer
    @PhilippDurrer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Damn, I'm looking for something in this form factor that can truly route 4x10GbE RJ45, could you run iperf on that thing and let us know how well it does doing 10G?

  • @profosist
    @profosist 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The reason for the mouse and keyboard wireless not working is due to interference from the USB 3.0 flash drive.ive seen this with front panel on desktop too

  • @LockonKubi
    @LockonKubi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    last time I was aware of the Intel Atom platform as a thing was the netbook and compute stick era. Did not know it just moved into this embedded appliance space instead.

  • @drtbantha
    @drtbantha 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Would love to see this with a newer processor - either a more powerful one or a more power efficient one. As it stands, there doesn’t seem to be a compelling reason to replace my trusty Lenovo SFF with i7-4770.

    • @PaulSpades
      @PaulSpades 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You don't want power, you want speed. The storage and network interfaces on this little thing are an order of magnitude faster than what that (pre?)skylake system can push trough its busses. If you keep all of your working dataset in ram, that doesn't matter, but if you don't...

    • @BrandonPeccoralo
      @BrandonPeccoralo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1000% correct. this unit is cheap because of all the networking problems with this intel cpus

  • @adamsherman
    @adamsherman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So, can I run a pair of NVMe drives as well as a Coral TPU? Add a large SATA drive for non-redundant bulk video storage and this thing can run Frigate and a zillion other containers. Love it.

  • @JoaquinVacas
    @JoaquinVacas 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    While not having a iGPU is a bit of a tradeoff, having that much cores for SW encoding is something to be aware of. 👌

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There's a version with a Celeron J for quick sync support.

  • @sh0ckwaveVR6
    @sh0ckwaveVR6 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i have one since october ;) this thing is amazing!

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We have several folks in the STH forums with them as well.

    • @rabidturtles359
      @rabidturtles359 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ServeTheHomeVideoDoes anyone have any info about the controller behind the SFF 8087 port? I would like to use it with my SAS drives I already have.
      Thanks!

  • @azarelo
    @azarelo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this seems like a dream O_O

  • @kotgc7987
    @kotgc7987 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is there a way to use this as a main server, then run VMs on it, sending the audio/video to other rooms where a monitor, mouse and keyboard can run on the VMs? I'm guessing the monitor, mouse and keyboard needs cables which may not reach the main server, so perhaps some small device that receives the main server's data by ethernet and then outputs via cables to monitors, keyboards and mice?

  • @joosep6598
    @joosep6598 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How much is the CPU temp under load? Also how are the NVME drives temps, if there is no ventilation or even fan option?

  • @AppZoneIL
    @AppZoneIL 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i am setting up 10G home network, I am considering using this device as my router, will it be fast enough to be a 10g router?

  • @apricotcomputers3943
    @apricotcomputers3943 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting little device 😊

  • @prodeous
    @prodeous 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm really liking that server.. and the DAS option.. Is there any DAS units that are Rack format?

  • @headlibrarian1996
    @headlibrarian1996 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This seems like it would make a good ceph storage cluster node, and they're cheap enough to make a five node cluster instead of the three node clusters you typically see with the MS-01.

  • @blender_wiki
    @blender_wiki 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow this is great, courious to see if he can really manage the 10GbE with Jumbo frames.
    Can you do a review on the
    AsRock Rack E3C256D4I-2T Mini-ITX Server motherboard?? Can be really nice

    • @TravelerNick
      @TravelerNick 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes please. Could you?

  • @accesser
    @accesser 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That looks awesome
    Are there any SSD or MVME consumer DAS units rather than spinning rust

    • @user-wp1jd1rs5t
      @user-wp1jd1rs5t 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      NVMe doesn’t work over SFF8087/8088

  • @b4ttlemast0r
    @b4ttlemast0r 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The features / IO are crazy, but the processor paired with it is pretty weak

  • @sayemprodhanananta144
    @sayemprodhanananta144 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    No quick sync is a big hurdle for being in a homelab

  • @wholesomeducky
    @wholesomeducky 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those look like they're both USB3....even on the black one, you can see that there's cutouts for the 5 extra pins (though I can't quite see if the pins are actually there).

  • @7rich79
    @7rich79 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would the WLAN cards be difficult to source? It looks like it could be a nice all-in-one home router.

  • @xraken7197
    @xraken7197 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Would you happen to know of a mini pc with a more recent processor that has sff 8087/8088? I'd like to do a low power NAS with a mini PC that also doubles up as a home linux PC. I would like to use a core-i7 low power CPU.

  • @LordSaliss
    @LordSaliss 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know you showed the specs this CPU has according to Netgate in pfsense, and it is listed at 18gbps iperf3 and 5gbps IMIX performance. But has anyone actually installed pfsense or OPNsense and run Suricata (or ZenArmor which uses Suricata) on this PC and checked the inspection throughput in real world? Id be really interested to see if inspection throughput is 5gbps or more.

  • @djninjanz
    @djninjanz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How realistic is it to use one device for internet/server setups. Especially a virtualised firrwall/router? I want my router with at least 90 days uptime before patching or any other shenanigans that might be needed due to home labbing

  • @saiyantwan
    @saiyantwan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Now we just need a rack mountable version of this. I know I could put it on a shelf but would just love to mount it. It also makes me a bit upset with the hunsn rackmount i bought about a year or so ago for my opnsense set up.

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      We have 2-3 different 1U rackmounts that we are already working on the articles/ videos for. Probably later this month after we finish the MS-01 review.

    • @andrewpiechocki9006
      @andrewpiechocki9006 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ServeTheHomeVideo Sadly those are all sold out except for the lowest end 2C/2T 4x1GB NICs with no SFP+.

  • @placksheep
    @placksheep 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Darn, only versions of this I can find are the 2-4 core variants. I've been looking for something like this to replace an old edgerouter.

  • @terrylyn
    @terrylyn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It looks good, but then again my ITX form factor build Ryzen APU + 64 gigs ECC + 4 spinning disks draws 50-60 watts and cost about the same. However, I do see the appeal of this kind of left-field setup, more so if the power draw would be significantly less.

  • @justanotherearthling1062
    @justanotherearthling1062 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love it. Want it. Can't afford it. :)

  • @ViciousXUSMC
    @ViciousXUSMC 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seems amazing, I just dont knot if I can go back to a little box running an Atom after building PFSense using a R210ii and a Xeon running every package out there and watching it laugh at it. For 1gb this is probably absolutetly perfect, but for VPN and full packet inspection I think this would choke trying to handle more than that.

  • @cardmstr
    @cardmstr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could this replace a google fiber jack and router if combined with back hauled wireless access points?

  • @SgtDeagle
    @SgtDeagle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    yeah. 2.4ghz connection to mices or Keyboards dont like a usb 3.0 connection directly nearby, have the same issues since years with different devices

  • @leoliu5017
    @leoliu5017 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bought 1 4 port 2.5g nic card, 1 8 port 2.5g hub, 1 4 port spf+ switch, buy a matx , modify switch fan, then realise this meet all my needs while cost 1/4-1/3 . It will consume less power and without fan noise😮

  • @cmuller1441
    @cmuller1441 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The DAS provides little for the price. Just use a sff8087 to 4*SATA cable, put your 4 disks in an old PC case with a PSU and with a bridge on the MB power cable to keep it on.
    You'll probably want to connect the 2 cases together to keep a clean ground (the old PC case is grounded but the mini-pc is powered by a floating PSU).
    Cost $10 plus stuff you already own instead of $300...

  • @ChuckNorris-lf6vo
    @ChuckNorris-lf6vo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job.

  • @roast54321
    @roast54321 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hey Patrick, anyway you and the team can add firewall throughput as part of your testing regiment? Would be nice to know if the C3758 can handle 1Gb, 3Gb, 8Gb or 10Gb internet. Routing tests for no rules, 25 rules and 25 queues.

    • @ServeTheHomeVideo
      @ServeTheHomeVideo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The pfSense folks have this CPU running at over 18Gbps with iperf3 traffic in the 8200 Max as shown

  • @danielstellmon5330
    @danielstellmon5330 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wait a second, I was not already subscribed?

  • @Jwalk9000
    @Jwalk9000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    😢 Im always too late to the party to pick up one of the amazing little systems you guys feature..

  • @canonip3000
    @canonip3000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am thinking of getting one of those to "replace" my HP Microserver Gen8.
    Only to connect the 4-Bay SFF8087 cable of the Microserver to this

  • @shubinternet
    @shubinternet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd love to see firewall benchmarks with this device compared to NetGate, etc....

  • @echosnds
    @echosnds 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Has anyone found any documentation for the board layout. Looking for power on after power loss. Now that i alteady have the unit i read on the listing to request it before purchasing. A DIY firewall that doesn't support power recovery isnt very useful. I purchased the 1U version from Aliexpress.

    • @lvmeijer
      @lvmeijer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for this information

  • @Tom_Azin
    @Tom_Azin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Patrik! Could you please test if this works with a 4G LTE card? Can you just plug it in, and put in the sim Card in the sim card slot and it will work? That would be great to have failover WAN in pfSense. Thanks.

  • @smason16
    @smason16 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This or a newer alternative is what im after, but compatible with a standard 1u chassis, anything with this soc on ebay for mainboard only is still double+ this price.

  • @forbiddenera
    @forbiddenera 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Of course this shows up right after I went and upgraded my server

    • @kingneutron1
      @kingneutron1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/8rqNZAIQH4U/w-d-xo.html :B