My latest DIY is now several years old. Picked up a nice case off here with a few LSIs and was pretty happy while it was in my garage. I made one mistake and got a non-quicksync xeon-e3. It's been a good machine... did a bunch of docker experimentation (after a brief excursion with esxi). I'm quite comfortable on Linux and have been happily running ZFS for Ubuntu & Docker stuff and Snapraid/Merger FS for the media.
These days it's sitting in a home office (we moved and this is a temporary situation while we house hunt) and is generally turned off because it's a bit noisy. I'm starting to eye a synology (1019+) right now as a replacement. Because (a) I have less time to spend on this hobby (b) it's quieter (c) the 1019+ comes with a CPU with quicksync. The cost of getting an quicksync for my LGA1150 seems a bit high (ebay didn't show anything in Canada... I live in BC now).
Curious if anyone has transitioned from a DIY to one of these units and been satisfied.
These days it's sitting in a home office (we moved and this is a temporary situation while we house hunt) and is generally turned off because it's a bit noisy. I'm starting to eye a synology (1019+) right now as a replacement. Because (a) I have less time to spend on this hobby (b) it's quieter (c) the 1019+ comes with a CPU with quicksync. The cost of getting an quicksync for my LGA1150 seems a bit high (ebay didn't show anything in Canada... I live in BC now).
Curious if anyone has transitioned from a DIY to one of these units and been satisfied.