11-Drive Mini Monster NAS! Aoostar WTR Max Review

Ready to cram 11 drives, dual 10 GbE + 2.5 GbE, and an 8-core Zen 4 CPU into the tiniest footprint on your rack? In this review we unpack and stress-test the Aoostar WTR Max to see if it deserves a spot in your 2025 home-lab stack running Proxmox, TrueNAS, Docker, or even VMware ESXi. Buy the Aoostar WTR Max here: https://aoostar.com/products/aoostar-wtr-max-amd-r7-pro-8845hs-11-bays-mini-pc?variant=50067345932586 🔗 Full Blog Review (photos, charts & power logs): 👉https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/06/aoostar-wtr-max-review-the-almost-perfect-nas-mini-pc/ 💡 Related Gear Mentioned • Geekom A5 2025 Edition mini-PC (great low-power companion node) – Geniuslink: 👉https://geni.us/geekoma52025-3 Join the Home Lab Explorers Community (free on Skool) 👉 https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/about?ref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21 Introduction - 0:00 Overview of the Aoostar WTR Max - 0:25 No NAS operating system - 1:40 All Intel-based NICs - 2:00 Ryzen 7 8845HS processor - 2:17 ECC DDR5 Memory support - 2:47 Connectivity potential - 3:00 OCuLink - 3:30 Looking at getting into the bottom chassis - 3:44 Talking about Proxmox installation - 5:09 Power and Thermals - 5:25 Full power draw - 5:46 Fan cage and cooling potential - 6:00 Showing how to remove the fan tray - 6:15 OS compatibility - 7:02 Pros of the Aoostar WTR Max - 7:45 Cons of the Aoostar WTR Max - 8:19 Talking about tradeoffs and how it makes up for those - 8:47 Should you buy it? 9:05 What do you think and wrapping up - 9:30 HomeLabExplorers! 10:02