Zignbox GL0264 Fanless Mini PC Intel Gemini Lake N4000 CPU Up to 2.6GHz 4GB RAM 64GB eMMC Dual HDMI Dual LAN NO OS (64GB + NO OS) Tall

I purchased two of these units to run as mini Linux servers. Under the hood this is an older, re-badged, Shuttle Nano.One arrived DOA and was replaced by Amazon. I have both running now (one running IPfire firewall, one running Ubuntu server). On the plus side: it's small, light, and *silent* On the down side: it's somewhat oddball hardware made for a painful setup process. While IPfire installed correctly on the first shot, I ran through three Linux distributions (and two versions of Ubuntu server) before finding one that would install and boot. Once installed, however, they've been running fine.I'm giving it three stars due to the non-existent documentation and web support; no labeling on the ethernet ports; the DOA unit and the setup pains.

I ordered a couple of these 64GB "Tall" boxes, the one that shipped from Amazon do not have SATA connector soldered to the motherboard even there is a mounting place for 2.5" hard drive. You can add M.2.2280 SSD as it says in the description. Another box I ordered directly from the seller, it came with the SATA connector on the motherboard and SATA cable. I tried to install 2.5" SATA HDD and it works. Did not try to install both M.2 and SATA HDD at the same time.Box is made by Shuttle, there is a card inside the package referring to their website for updates and manuals, but it cannot be found there.I run on one box Untangle firewall, I had to add M.2 SSD because it will not install on soldered eMMC 64GB storage.Second box runs Windows 10 and I use it as multimedia computer connected to TV. It runs 4K videos with no problems.

I don't normally post reviews but I have to with this appliance. I have tested several dual ethernet appliances for firewalls recently and have settled on this one for my solution. The results are STAGGERING!!! Since I don't need blazing write speeds for disk access (...its for a firewall) the eMMC is perfect!! The ONLY requirement is CPU/memory performance...and it is stellar in this area. While the ethernet could be better (Intel) I am overall very satisfied with this purchase and would recommend it for a SOHO environment at a reasonable cost. If you would need more CPU "Crunching" power like for VPN (AES-NI Functions....which this unit has), you might want to opt for a quad core AWOW box, which I might still consider. Still, the bursting of the N4000 is still sufficient. As I'm still evaluating this product I don't see any real need to go higher but in the coming months I'll add further findings....

Product was well built, chassis is a standard among this configuration. Could not get the built in 64Gb storage recognized using Sophos UT, which would only install using legacy boot in BIOS. Processor was medium speed; disappointed it was only dual core.

With dual 1gb Ethernet ports, this unit makes a GREAT little SOHO pfSense Firewall / Router.