On 4/23/25 22:03, Gareth Evans wrote:
I'm based in the UK and am looking for a new PC to use as a NAS with the
capacity for at least two NVMe/SSD drives.
I note many mini PCs seem to limit the upgradable/installable SSD to 2TB.
Can anyone recommend a make or model of any kind (mini, desktop, tower etc)
with which they have had good experience (re component compatibility, storage
expandability and especially WiFi) with Debian 12? Any worth avoiding,
particularly?
I had Fujitsu in mind but it seems they no longer sell PCs (or laptops) in
Europe.
DebianOn on the wiki doesn't seem to be particularly up to date.
I would prefer to buy one off the shelf than build my own, but that's an option
too.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks,
Gareth
"NAS" has come to mean "commercial server appliance with an impressive
list services and features". Many are based upon Linux or BSD. For
example:
https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/ts-873a
Take a look at Specifications -> Software Specs. I would be hard
pressed to match that shopping list using FOSS alone. I can only wonder
if the QNAP software stack is fully "open source".
If all you need is an SSH or Samba file server for a SOHO network, most
any x86_64 computer built in the last ~15 years can work. I prefer and
recommend ECC memory. As another reader commented, your LAN may be the
bottleneck (depending upon workload). Also, file servers and NAS's tend
to use HDD's for data storage and to use SSD's for caches and/or metadata.
David
