Thank you, this is what I am thinking too. I don’t wanna create e-waste, and apart from power consumption, the nas is very handy performance wise and tackles all load.
Comment on NAS Power Consumption
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have an old dell power edge that I got from work that I used as a NAS for a while, it sucked down more juice than the old PC I was using and was stupidly loud all the time. I ended up transferring everything back to my old PC and now that turd just sits there waiting for someone else to be dumb enough to buy it from me. I wouldn’t waste the money personally.
atk007@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Impromptu2599@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The power edge server is going to draw way more power just because it has a “powerful” cpu(s) and other power running components. The Qnap will be much quieter and consume maybe a few watts less power than your existing setup, potentially. I wouldn’t use it though because your existing setup is way more flexible on what you can do with it.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“powerful” LOL it’s a turd
www.intel.com/content/www/…/specifications.html
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s “powerful” in the sense that it has 48 PCI lanes and can use almost 800GB of memory (ECC included). This is just way overkill on most homelabs so the extra power draw isn’t worth it.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah yes, in that context I would agree.