AMD NASes give us everything we ever wanted

Two new NASes go all-in on AMD. But in totally different directions.

The 45Drives HL4 and ASUSTOR Lockerstor 6 Gen 3 were both provided for this video, though neither company paid any money or had any control over what I say about them.

More information and other videos I mentioned in this video (as an Amazon Associate I earn for qualifying purchases):

- 45Drives / 45Homelab HL4: https://store.45homelab.com/configure/hl4
- ASUSTOR Lockerstor 6 Gen 3: https://amzn.to/4huZNAn
- Kioxia XG8 NVMe SSDs: https://amzn.to/42RpI0K
- Seagate EXOS 20TB HDDs: https://amzn.to/40SifvV
- RaidOwl's video on the Lockerstor and ADM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgmDEd_Ny-4
- Hardware Haven's video on TrueNAS on the Lockerstor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWiQs4TLjs
- CraftComputing's video on the 45Homelab HL8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IitwrXJuKzw
- Lawrence System's video on 45Drive's Houston UI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07uTKOB1z7E

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Contents:

00:00 - Two wildly different, expensive NASes
01:51 - Lockerstor 6 Gen 3 - teardown
04:38 - Rebuild and overview
07:12 - Plugging in HDDs
09:31 - AMD Ryzen Embedded + ECC RAM
10:27 - First boot and setup
12:14 - 45Homelab HL4 - teardown and overview
16:18 - The same, but different
17:43 - First boot and setup
18:37 - Networking nightmares
19:29 - Houston UI and a more Linux-y experience
20:53 - Network storage performance
22:38 - A lot to like (except maybe the price)