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No need for transcoding, 1080p HVEC/x264/x265/etc. Not too worried about 'horsepower' in that respect.

I don't think you understand the cost to post to AU from the UK or US/CA for something like this lol

What do you guys think is the best unit these days for a HTPC setup ? I'd obviously want HDMI -- preferably NVMe and support for 1-2 2.5" or 3.5" drives...

sent you a DM.

I am working at configuring a Brocade 6450-48 , anyone around that could help with some IP routing / VLANs so that our address space will work ?

Hey Guys, I am working at configuring a Brocade 6450-48 , anyone around that could help with some IP routing / VLAN ?

The current cooler should be just fine

I'm not really sure what hardware you are running but generally cables like this : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/2x-Mini-SAS-to-4-SATA-SFF-8087-Multi-Lane-Forward-Breakout-Splitter-Cable-3-Feet/133117291866

Have you done this btw ? I'd love to see some photos of how/where the mini-itx board is mounted.

Yes, the SAS825TQ (note SAS in the part name), can support SAS drives :) I wouldn't worry about the back-plane failing.

Mikrotik CCR2004 is about as close as you are going to get to a 'home use'

Yes, that's a great option, though I don't see any available on eBay sadly. I am essentially looking to do the same, have a small form mini-itx based 8 bay NAS. I just recently ended up picking up some Gen 7 HP Microservers, I think I've sorted out how to get 7 3.5" disks + 1 SSD cache disk...

Hah, I was just placing an order for 10 until I saw the thread replies, would have been a fantastic deal :P

How do you have 3 cards in yours ?

I've seen a good number of amazon boxes show up far worse. Though I wouldn't worry too much, new hard drives in full park can take an exceptional amount of gforce without issue. They are designed to be thrown around by shipping companies.

Oh for sure, that cardboard cell is meant to have a foam liner or a really wonky laser cut cardboard (IBM was using the cardboard last I saw) on each side to keep the cardboard cells / drives in place. Without that it's a pretty useless divider, and shouldn't be shipped that way.

It's not uncommon for DC drives to have a low number reallocated sectors once they get to a recycler. Most drives have an internal count / limit that is used before it will even report in as a bad count within SMART data -- not sure if that's what you might be seeing or not. Doesn't mean the...

Those WD drives aren't based upon HAMR technology that I'm referring to btw.

HAMR drives only started shipping in December, they will be growing. They will also be looking to double the spindle density by adding a second read/write spindle into 3.5" drives. It's not all that hard to get there when you start doubling up.

Well I wasn't suggesting to wait until 100TB drives are released, but we will be seeing 30/40/50TB drives coming down the pike pretty soon...