FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS
A user reviews the AOOSTAR WTR Pro NAS, highlighting its suitability for running FreeBSD in a compact 10-inch rack setup. The review covers hardware build quality, storage accessibility, and initial configuration experiences.
Why it matters
This provides practical, niche hardware advice for home-lab enthusiasts and users seeking non-proprietary storage solutions.
Finding a NAS that provides NVMe and SATA storage while being tiny enough to sit in my 10" rack, have a CPU that's not hogging, use a small amount of watts and offers usage of a non-proprietary OS is not simple. Especially when you have the "must run any BSD" to the equation.
But here we are, the AOOSTAR WTR Pro Ryzen edition meets all my prerequisites. And here's what I discovered.
Note that I aimed this machine at running FreeBSD. So I just had a quick look at other BSDes just to get a rough idea of what you get "by default". It's not a fair features and power usage comparison. I spend way more time tuning FreeBSD.
The case is using metal, not plastic. And in a 25-27 degC room, it always feels rather cold to the hands. It also fits pretty well in my 10" rack space.
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