The Zimaboard is a small single-board computer that offers an interesting selection of ports, including a PCI Express port. The author shares their requirements for a dream home server, which include low power usage, sufficient RAM, good performance, SATA or NVMe SSD slots, passive cooling, compact size, and gigabit Ethernet. The Zimaboard meets these requirements and comes with a polished product that includes a case and cooling setup. The author discusses their experience with storage options, power consumption, and performance on the Zimaboard. They also mention their decision to use Fedora Server with a btrfs RAID1 setup instead of ZFS. Overall, the author is satisfied with their purchase and finds the Zimaboard to be a good fit for their home server needs.
https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2023/10/09/zimaboard/