Looking for HW recommendations for DIY NAS/Homelab
Here's what I currently have:
Ryzen 1700 w/ 16GB RAM
GTX 750 ti
1x SATA SSD - 120GB, currently use <50GB
2x 8TB SATA HDD
runs openSUSE Leap, considering switch to microOS
And main services I run (total disk usage for OS+services - data is :
NextCloud - possibly switch to ownCloud infinite scale
Jellyfin - transcoding is nice to have, but not required
samba
various small services (Unifi Controller, vaultwarden, etc)
And services I plan to run:
CI/CD for Rust projects - infrequent builds
HomeAssistant
maybe speech to text? I'm looking to build an Alexa replacement
Minecraft server - small scale, only like 2-3 players, very few mods
HW wishlist:
16GB RAM - 8GB may be a little low longer term
4x SATA - may add 2 more HDDs
m.2 - replace my SATA SSD; ideally 2x for RAID, but I can do backups; performance isn't the concern here (1x sata + PCIe would work)
dual NIC - not required, but would simplify router config for private network; could use USB to Eth dongle, this is just for security cameras and whatnot
very small - mini-ITX at the largest; I want to shove this under my bed
very quiet
very low power - my Ryzen 1700 is overkill, this is mostly for the "quiet" req, but also paying less is nice
I've heard good things about N100 devices, but I haven't seen anything w/ 4x SATA or an accessible PCIe for a SATA adapter.
The closest I've seen is a ZimaBlade, but I'm worried about:
performance, especially as a CI server
power supply - why couldn't they just do regular USB-C?
access to extra USB ports - its hidden in the case
I don't need x86 for anything, ARM would be fine, but I'm having trouble finding anything with >8GB RAM and SATA/PCIe options are a bit... limited.
Wow, that's like... exactly what I was looking for. It's also from a brand I don't recognize and reviews say there's no manual (I ignore those anyway), but if it works it works. And 4 2.5G ethernet? What an odd board!!
Thanks! I'll definitely be looking to see if I can find out anything more about this board!
The mfg website had other networking and NAS-type stuff, so I guess they're an OEM in China.
The OMV page says it idles at ~23W, which seems odd since that CPU has a 6W TDP and other boards with the same CPU seem to idle around 6W. It seems something to do with how they're using PCIe to provide the I/O is taking up a lot of power?