Aliexpress sort-of NAS: Q31051DS (Qotom 10th gen Intel + 4 3.5" Bays)

[oneplane]

I was just browsing (as one does) for interesting hardware, and I spotted this:

https://aliexpress.com/item/1005006235269363.html

Fun note: the power button is upside down in the marketing images

It's not the newest stuff by any means, and the first model they list is actually a 5th gen one, but it appears to be similar to the CWWK NAS board but with a different configuration and definitely older than the N100/N305 stuff we've already seen, but it's also reasonably cheap. It appears that Qotom does this more often where they'll get older chips and build products around them.

 

[ajayr]

This looks like an ideal all-in-one device that can run my pfSense, Home Assistant, Plex, Adguard DNS and Frigate NVR instances. Any reviews? What would be the approximate power consumption when loaded with the four 3.5” HDDs?

 

[oneplane]

I would imagine the unloaded (no disks) consumption is similar to the firewall appliances, those can idle below 10W.