--- title: My old mini PC runs Proxmox for free, and it beats any... description: An Ayaneo AM01 mini PC with a Ryzen 7 5700U, originally replaced by a more powerful home server build, continues to serve as a second Proxmox node running... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-old-mini-pc-runs-proxmox-for-free-and-it-beats-any-nas-os-you-have-to-pay-for-ddxsgvbyk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My old mini PC runs Proxmox for free, and it beats any NAS OS you have to pay for | daily.dev og:description: An Ayaneo AM01 mini PC with a Ryzen 7 5700U, originally replaced by a more powerful home server build, continues to serve as a second Proxmox node running... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-old-mini-pc-runs-proxmox-for-free-and-it-beats-any-nas-os-you-have-to-pay-for-ddxsgvbyk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dDXsgvByK.png og:image:alt: My old mini PC runs Proxmox for free, and it beats any NAS OS you have to pay for og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My old mini PC runs Proxmox for free, and it beats any NAS OS you have to pay for **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An Ayaneo AM01 mini PC with a Ryzen 7 5700U, originally replaced by a more powerful home server build, continues to serve as a second Proxmox node running always-on containers. The author argues that Proxmox on repurposed hardware beats paid NAS operating systems like Unraid and HexOS for technically capable users, offering greater flexibility, no licensing costs, and no lock-in to a curated app catalogue. While acknowledging that paid NAS OSes provide genuine value for users who want simplicity, the case is made that anyone with existing hardware and Linux skills is better served by Proxmox's open-ended approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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