Hello,
Since June 2019, I am using a mini PC named KODLIX GN41 as my first NAS, it works very well and I am fully satisfied with it so I wanted to share that on the OMV forum.
I know that this kind of solution is not widely used, and it is hard to find any feedback on such hardware.
Hardware = KODLIX GN41 (170€)
Intel Celeron N4100 quad-core
GPU – Intel UHD Graphics 600
No fan / no noise
RAM 4GB
58.24 GiB eMMC
2.5″ SATA bay (1 x 2.5inch HDD up to 2TB)
2.5″ SATA bay (1 x 2280 NGFF M.2 SSD up to 512GB)
micro SD card up to 256GB
USB – 2x USB 3.0 ports, 2x USB 2.0 ports, 1x USB type C port
Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2
Video Output – 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x VGA
Audio – Via HDMI, 3.5mm audio jack
Storage :
The SATA 2.5 slot is occupied by a "Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB" (100€)
OS :
OMV 4.1.24 (without plugin) installed on the 58 GiB eMMC drive.
Only one drive :
The main limitation here is that it is not a RAID solution, I didn't wanted RAID because I prefer to sync my data on several devices and several places (more robust in my opinion).
Fanless :
There is no propeller into the mini PC which make it very silent, and the same for the drive which is a SSD.
Power consumption :
The power is measured with a "Perel E305EM6".
I was surprised by the power consumption which is very low when nobody is accessing the NAS : 2.1 W (varying between 2.0 W and 2.2 W)
This is measured with default OMV settings, ethernet cable, no wifi, no screen, no mouse, no keyboard, SSD mounted.
SMB and SSH services active
Performance :
The read speed is > 10 MB/s.
This value is NOT relevant because I am accessing the data trough a 100 Mb router and 100 Mb ethernet cables.
Architecture : amd64
I wanted to avoid ARM hardware because I don't like the fact that there is still no enumeration/discovery service. The day they provide that I will think about ARM. Remark : On the opposite, the Bios of that mini PC is shitty and don't expect any update on that side.
Total price : 270 €
The price is probably high for 1 TB of storage.
This is probably the price for a flexible hardware which can also be used as a Windows/Linux desktop computer or a media server.
What is your opinion on that ?