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I'm looking to get a home NAS in replacement to an old prebuilt server. I want to be on all the time and quiet.

I'm looking at either getting a 4 bay synology or 4 bay Asustor locker.

I don't want to build my own right now. I want this to sit quietly in the living room not suck up a lot of power.

I'm looking to get a home NAS in replacement to an old prebuilt server. I want to be on all the time and quiet. I'm looking at either getting a 4 bay synology or 4 bay Asustor locker. I don't want to build my own right now. I want this to sit quietly in the living room not suck up a lot of power.

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The hardware consumes power, not the OS. My FreeNAS machine is silent and idles at less than 20W.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

The os doesn't use power? Wow. Lol

I'm not really looking for a major project of specing everything out then building. I also don't want a raspberry pi nas or having to look up every compatibility sheet.

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Who knew? I wonder how many watts it takes to run Linux?

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Linux gives power. It is a secret perpetual motion machine. If we can figure out how to harness it then we can save Africa.