Another successful OpenBSD setup

I’ve been buying these little boxes from AliExpress for years to use as firewalls and routers. My oldest one is almost 9 years old now! OpenBSD installs just fine. Just a BIOS tweak to always boot up after power is restored.

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  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 months ago

    How?
    I’ve been thinking about setting up one of these cheap boxes as a NAS but I cannot ever find one with 4 Sata ports. Is there a solution for this?
    I could use external USB Hard drives but that just feels so janky…

    • shyguyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Can’t speak to cheap boxes, so usb might be the way, but I use a Zimaboard. Two built in SATA ports, and a pci-e daughter card gives me two more ports. Full disclosure, i don’t do anything more than 1080p, bad eyesight…

      • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I’d love to use a Zimaboard too but they’re not available were I live.
        I could import one but the currency conversion + import taxes make it very not worth it.