05-15-2020, 01:46 PM
(05-15-2020, 01:34 PM)jiyong Wrote: Why do you need so much storage?
Why not use USB sticks?
I would like to use it also as a plex server to host our movies and music.
Quote:As long as you are not pushing the chip too much, heat is not a concern.
When using it for video conferencing (I tested Jitsi) and number crunching (I tested Rosetta@home to help against COVID-19) it really gets hot.
Worst case, make sure you attach it to some metal object for added cooling.
Ok. I suspect normally it wouldn't be drawing much power and the CPU wouldn't be working too hard, but potentially if it had to do any trans-coding that could be rough. Is the bottom metal? I could mount it with the bottom facing out. If I really had to I could probably stick a heatsink on it though that would be irritating.
Quote:I haven' t tested to connect to wifi and setup a hotspot at the same time on the same wifi chip, but it seems there are solutions (too lazy to look further).
https://askubuntu.com/questions/318973/h...ingle-adap
Thanks for the link! If I could do it all through a single chip that would be fantastic. I figured if worse came to worse I could use the USB3 port and setup a second wifi adapter (potentially with an external antenna to get better signal).
Probably the biggest question is if I'm better off going this route, or doing something like a mikrotik router and trying to mangle plex onto it.