Question 1

What i can do with zimaboard single board server?

Accepted Answer

With ZimaBoard you can easily built your own personal cloud, ZimaBoard allows you to easily expand to 36TB disk space (2 x SATA) as your data grows. Enjoy fast reading and writing experience just like your local hard disk when connected via gigabit network.

Software Router, With its superior compatibility offered by the x86 chipset, you can turn ZimaBoard into a hardware router. Create secure VPN connection, run lightweight services like FTP Server, BitTorrent Client, perform Traffic-Shaping and QoS, or even set up a private access to your office computer.

Plex Media Server, With the Plex Media Server installed on ZimaBoard, get all your media organized, stream your favorite collections of movies, TV shows anywhere on all your devices, and enjoy millions of high-resolution tracks via Tidal. Transforming the way you browse and enjoy your personal media library.

File Share & Collaboration, Boost your teamwork seamlessly on documents and spreadsheets in a protected environment. With ZimaBoard, you can set up a large-volume shared disk right at home or in the office. Edit your videos, photos, and documents with others on multiple systems in real-time.

Personal Server, In practice, Zimaboard as a personal server offers excellent development possibilities and performance/price ratio as an x86 microserver. For example, it is perfect for git server, web server (Apache / lighttpd / NGINX), print server, chat server, or a Minecraft server.

Industry/Embedded Projects, Use ZimaBoard for data collection, data buffering, and data preprocessing to provide accurate and effective on-site IoT data for the cloud or local server, offering instant decision-making to provide agile responses, significantly reducing cloud and network infrastructure dependence.

Question 2

Instructions for setting up a personal cloud included? Or a steep learning curve? I want to ditch google and back up my android phones to my own cloud

Accepted Answer

All the doc are online. You have to know some Linux.

Question 3

Any chance either of the sata ports provides pin 8 power to allow directly attaching a satadom with pin 8 power capability?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Just find the 4pin to SATA power adapter cable - https://ja.aliexpress.com/item/32921444563.html

But remember to review the 4pin pin out of the ZimaBoard power interface. Contact support@icewhale.org if you need any tech details support!

Question 4

Does this have tpm2.0 and full disk encryption in linux?

Accepted Answer

It doesn’t support TPM2.0. About enabling full disk encryption in Linux with ZimaBoard, I suggest to discuss with experts in ZimaBoard Discord community - https://discord.com/invite/Gx4BCEtHjx

Brand	zimaboard
Product Dimensions	13.87 x 8.13 x 3.48 cm; 0.3 g
Item model number	ZMB432
Manufacturer	zimaboard
Series	ZMB432
Color	ZimaBoard 432 4G 32G
Form Factor	3.5-inch
Processor Count	4
RAM Size	4 GB
Computer Memory Type	DDR4 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size	32 GB
Hard Disk Description	Mechanical Hard Disk
Hard Drive Interface	SATA 6 GB/s
Graphics Card Interface	Integrated
Connectivity Type	4G, Wi-Fi
Wireless Type	802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Voltage	12 Volts
Wattage	6 watts
Are Batteries Included	No
Item Weight	0.3 g

zimaboard432 Single Board Server Router X86 Single Board Computer Personal Cloud Network Attached Storage 4K Media Server Dual Gigabit Gateway - PCIe x4 SATA 6.0 Gb/s for HDD/SSD (ZMB432)

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