I should stop building computers - ASUSTOR Flashstor NAS

Minor visual error at 1:04 - the graphic says 2GB but it should read 32GB, as the kit has two 16GB sticks of RAM. Sorry for the flub!

This NAS is currently a little pricey all in, but with how quickly NVMe prices are dropping, I think it will make even more sense for those who want a quiet little NAS and don't only need maximum capacity.

As a casual computer enjoyer, the little popups explaining uncommon terms was very helpful. I now know roughly what JBOD means and what a docker is :D

This is like SO close (may still be worth it). Loved everything but the processor. I hope there is a Rev 2 with a processor that can last. It's a NAS so it's not something you want to replace in a year or two. I want it for a decade. Everything else is great, but that processor is just gonna get worse and it seems too strained doing some things now. It may certainly be worth it for some people that just want a new NAS and don't stream from it, though. I hope enough people to get an upgraded one. P.S. I would really like LTT too spend more time in the "mid-tier" space again with things like this. It's fun looking at $100,000 servers but it doesn't really help most people and prices are running so high right now, we need more practical idea coverage.

Thanks Linus for taking a look at our All-NVMe NAS! It was a pleasure getting this out to you and taking a selfie with you at Computex! If anyone has any comments, questions, praise and criticism, feel free to reply to me and I will reply to you! We do have to notify you that the Flashstor is not drop proof. Thanks again! -Marco.

It’s always nice to see Yvonne’s husband and his husband working together in a video.

i like how you handle your stuff gently and carefuly. Show a lot of professionalism

The latest version of Unraid does indeed support trim Without having to install a separate package for that. It is now built in.

I wager there's a mistake at 1:07, should be 32gb kit instead of 2gb

This is such a awesome way to have a portable NAS. Small, lightweight and no risk of disks failing due to bumps.

I thought unraid had trim support as of 6.11, also 6.12 (which is at release candidate stage) has native zfs. Makes it a really interesting competitor to truenas now

My nas is heavily moddified and upgraded and I love it. It's an old HP Mediasmart EX495 that I got on ebay and I upgraded the cpu from a dual core celery stick, to a core 2 quad Q8200. The ram was 2gb of ddr2 but I upgraded to a 4gb stick (max amount). The machine didn't have any output, but I bought a special adapter that fits to the motherboard and gives you a VGA port and added it to the case (dremel work required). I went into the bios and changed the boot disk from one of the hard drive bays to one of the usb ports and installed OpenMediaVault as my operating system so I can utilize all 4 hard drive bays for storage instead of 3. I got 4 2TB seagate hard drives totaling 8TB of storage but set them up in Raid 5 so I get roughly 5.84TiB. Overall, I'm very pleased with the result. I spent much less for the size and quality compared to modern day NAS machines. Obviously not as fast, 1 gigabit, but I also prevented this equipment from becoming e-waste and repurposed it for years to come. It serves as my Jellyfin server and basic file storage across my network. In all, I probably spent around $430.

this is super cool. would love to see one with a beefier cpu the screwless m.2 quick release is really cool but i would hope that it's a small replaceable part so that if one breaks you don't have to replace the entire thing.

13:27 My printer's cancel button just locks up the whole machine. The only way to actually cancel something is to unplug it; the cancel button just adds an extra time-wasting step.

Ever since Linus has announced his retirement I feel like you can tell he is having more fun in his videos. He just seems more happy.

When these two come together, it is always chaos

Fun Fact: At 2:20 Linus says Unraid doesn't support TRIM, but as of Unraid 6.11 it does support TRIM :D

9:56 SCRAPYARD WARS RETURN????? My life would be complete

Some of these nas boxes are getting quite good for the money. I bought a teramaster box with 4x sata, 2x halfspeed nvme, 2 sodim slots and a N5095. I slapped Freenas straight on it and its been great. I could probably frankenstine something together cheaper, but it wouldnt sit quietly on a shelf and only go down on update restarts. :)

Thanks for doing a deep dive on this... I'm hoping to see synology pick up the idea. Everything I do is with dsm now, so it would be great to have something like this... plex not required, it's all about the vm workloads.