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I've been thinking of setting up a NAS like this for a while. Am I missing something, though, or does a setup like this need 5 or 6 power adapters to work (one for the Rock64, one each for the USB enclosure, and possibly one for the USB hub)?

Not a deal killer, for sure, but it becomes a mess of cables quickly.

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Check the allowable voltage input ranges for each and if they have overlap just buy a big power brick (like a laptop charger), cut the ends off of each of the supplied wall warts and solder+shrinkwrap them all together into a nice neat harness. This has the added benefit of saving a tiny bit of power assuming you get a decent main supply.

Tip: thread the shrinkwrap first before soldering. This will save you much swearing.

You can also find barrel splitters. I use one so that my 12V router and 12V modem both run off 1 wall-wart.

Look to be common for security cameras.

Like so: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/113713154440

Did you do any testing to figure out how many amps you're drawing from the single wall wart? Although, modem/routers in normal usage are pretty low draw.

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