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MiniITX for NAS (lemmy.nowsci.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all,

I've been thinking about picking up an N150 or 5825U MiniITX board for a NAS, but I'm wondering if there are better options given my requirements.

At least 2x 2.5Gb LAN
A 10Gb LAN, or 2.5Gb if not
2x NVME
8x SATA for spinning disks
2x SATA for SSDs
MiniITX is required for the 10" rack
64+ Gigs of RAM (ZFS cache) (This is not possible on an N150)

The problem I'm running into with the boards I've looked at is PCIe lanes, and not having ways to expand the sata or network ports without stealing from NVME.

I've started to look at boards with PCIe 4.0x16 slots and risers/splitters for expansion, but then I can't find low power CPUs for them.

Thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X570D4I-2T#Specifications

This is about as close as you’re going to get. I have one of these and they’re a pain in the for memory and cooler compatibility, but once you navigate that, it’s rock solid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Very interesting. What cooler do you use?

Edit: Also looks like there are a bunch of 35W AM4s, so not terrible there, either.

Edit 2: Oddly enough I have this https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550I-AORUS-PRO-AX-10#kf in my gaming PC which might for the bill if I were to upgrade there (also AM4). Would need to use the PCIe x16 for network and/or sata.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You either have to use the two very specific coolers that Asrock recommends or you have to mildly modify the motherboard. Once you do, you will realize the mounting bracket is for an Intel board.

I did the mod and run a Noctua tower with the LGA bracket adapter.