Color me surprised, not only did the LincStation N2 hit 10 Gbps reads (and nearly so on writes), it's quiet and fits perfectly in a mini rack! Maybe I need to reset my expectations for these Intel N100 mini NASes... Mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links): - LincPlus website: - LincStation N2 on Amazon: - Crucial P310 4TB NVMe SSD: - TrueNAS Community Edition: - Forum post with eMMC fix: - Hardware Haven's video on TrueNAS Setup: - Topdon TC004 Thermal Imager: - How I control the LincStation N2's LEDs: Support me on Patreon: Sponsor me on GitHub: Merch: Main Channel: @JeffGeerling 2nd Channel: @GeerlingEngineering Contents: 00:00 - LincStation N2 01:02 - Mini rack fit check 01:40 - Plan and what's included 03:26 - System overview and a little surprise 05:03 - Toolless M.2 NVMe install 06:30 - Ports and doors 08:36 - Price, value, LincOS 10:30 - First and second try installing TrueNAS 13:34 - Yanking the surprise USB stick 14:27 - Thermals and TrueNAS setup 15:28 - Performance - huge file write over network 17:34 - The perfect mini rack flash NAS? And a warning 18:57 - More testing 20:45 - Value discussion and the reviewer's dilemma