Create your own home server with the ZimaBlade!

The ZimaBlade is a pretty neat mini pc (or SBC) that's meant to be a DIY NAS solution, but could be used in a lot of different scenarios as well!

Check it out here:
ZimaBlade Official Shop: https://bit.ly/4m7PCTV
ZimaBlade Personal NAS: https://bit.ly/4m7PF23
ZimaBlade on Amazon: https://bit.ly/4m8SY98

Need some big drives? 8TB drives are pretty affordable actually!
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This is the NVMe drive I used: https://amzn.to/4nlx9En

I tested multiple PCIe to NVMe adapters in this video: https://youtu.be/yF9blQnk3ME
The one I used in this video is available here: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DlzkOtj

The PCIe X4 riser cable I showed in this video is this one (not tested by me!): https://amzn.to/3JYPSao

The PCIe card cage I showed is this one (also, not tested by me!): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_omheZJt
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Many thanks to jul and Sabitech from IceWhale's discord for helping me out with issues and getting the right information for this video.

Many thanks to Don Fonzarelli (https://www.donfonzarelli.com/) for digging up an old Walkman for me to film alongside the ZimaBlade!

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Credits:
The intro consists of me singing over "The Rostrum" from the Wacky Wheels OST.

Chapters in this video:
0:00 Why do you need a homeserver?
1:02 Unboxing and specs
3:46 First power on and impressions
5:00 App Store issue and fix!
7:06 Testing the App Store
8:48 Widgets!
9:56 Using SATA drives
12:57 Utilizing the PCIe slot
14:57 Video encoding test
16:20 Atom vs Gbit networking
17:06 Apps outside of the store
19:26 Virtual Machines on an Atom?
21:36 BIOS check
22:07 Alternative operating systems
23:09 Final thoughts and thanks

That's all folks!