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I wish I knew hardware better but I'm coming to the idea that an xTB nvme and ~25gb/s PoE pcie card in my gaming PC would be a sic always on device. Lots of server roles really just need a tiny IoT device but storage/backup/media you're talking NAS and I just don't want a big NAS around all the time.

So an always on network storage in my PC that's sometimes-on. Between NVME-of and pcie that should be doable I would have though. PoE from my router that's got a tiny UPS and that's pretty sick.

Maybe Valve should make it so everyone with a gaming pc it's re-downloading their steam library or running 2 computers just to open a file.

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Basically you're talking about https://mikrotik.com/product/ccr2004_1g_2xs_pcie or https://www.solid-run.com/news/the-first-software-defined-dp... but I think a real NAS is cheaper.

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Those are very cool thank you. Still need the host device to remain powered on however so not quite.