Hi, I’m looking for SBCs where I can run the OS on one storage device, and the applications on another. I believe a couple of Khadas boards have such features, but they also have some other peripherals that I don’t need. I want something like a LibreComputing potato but with the capability to have 2 storage devices (not through USB please, it had proven to be unreliable). I plan to use this as an IOT/Network infrastructure server (Pi-Hole, Unbound, VPN etc).
Any suggestions?
I wouldn’t want even 1 card. I wish my pi just had a sata slot. These fucking cards just die so quickly. It’s one of the reasons I’m looking for some thin client/NUC.
I am considering running a mini PC with 3 slots for storage drives (2 SATA + 1 NVME/2 NVME + 1 SATA, etc). Know anything I can use?
I have one of these mini PCs arriving soon. A little more money than I wanted to spend and no idea if this brand is any good. But it checks a lot of boxes for a backup server project I’m working on - eMMC for boot, microsd slot, M.2 2280 NVME socket, and a 2.5" SATA connection. They have some other variants as well that don’t cost as much.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6P4MDWN
I originally got a used Dell Optiplex Micro from eBay for this. They come with a 2.5" SATA connection. But I learned the hard way that not all models come with M.2.
Thanks, I’ll take a look
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Fewer Letters More Letters NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SBC Single-Board Computer SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
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Orange pi 5 can boot from SD and then use a NVME M.2-2242 SSD as storage. Or boot directly from the NVME if you set up their spi flash bootloader. Good memory and cpu options but they’re pricey for what you get. Still, an actual m.2 ssd will last much MUCH longer than any SD card when running an os and moving program data around…
The orange pi3 lts comes with 8gb emmc onboard storage and supports sd card expansion.
SD cards are not known for reliability either. A decent USB drive can get you SMART passthrough at least.