The FriendlyELEC CM3588 NVMe NAS Kit

The FriendlyELEC CM3588 NVMe NAS Kit is a dual-component system featuring a compute module and a dedicated NAS board. The compute module is powered by the RK3588 SoC, which includes eight cores and a Mali-G610 GPU, along with 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage. The NAS board supports multiple I/O options, including four NVMe SSD slots, a 2.5 GbE port, and several USB ports. The kit comes pre-installed with OpenMediaVault (OMV), providing a user-friendly interface for storage management and file services. The review highlights the kit's performance with four WD Blue SN580 NVMe SSDs, noting that while the initial IOPS performance was lower than expected due to ZFS compression, it improved significantly when compression was disabled. The NAS kit is capable of handling high data transfer rates, making it suitable for home NAS applications. However, the reviewer found OMV's virtualization capabilities lacking and plans to switch to Proxmox for better performance. Overall, the kit is praised for its hardware capabilities and software support, although some issues with plugin robustness were noted.

- The FriendlyELEC CM3588 NVMe NAS Kit features a powerful RK3588 SoC and supports multiple NVMe SSDs.

- It comes pre-installed with OpenMediaVault, offering comprehensive storage management features.

- Performance tests showed good data transfer rates, although initial IOPS were affected by ZFS compression.

- The reviewer plans to switch to Proxmox for improved virtualization support.

- Overall, the kit is well-regarded for its hardware and software capabilities, despite some minor plugin issues.