Another successful OpenBSD setup

Oliver Lowe@hachyderm.io to Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 336 points –

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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Throw some hard drives on it and baby, you got a stew home media server goin!

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...

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...