nice list from wired zone, looks like you want either of the bottom two..BLUF: Is there a D-1500 board that provides good SATA/SAS expansion, high CPU performance, 1Gb, SPF+, and 2+ PCIe slots?
I'm planning a low power home server with the following roles:
* NAS
* Home gateway / firewall
* VM host (with one particularly needing PCI passthrough for a multi-headed setup)
* Future expansion to another node with SPF+
Looking at the discussion here, it looks like I could use the specialties of the 15x1 and 15x8. I love what I see in the ASRock D1541D4U-2O8R in terms of SAS, SATA, SPF+ and PCIe slots, however there's no 1Gb ports for my primary uses. I could use a gigabit expansion card, but for a multi-headed setup I would like to reserve the second PCIe slot for a second video card.
My question for the group - Is there a D-1500 board that provides good SATA/SAS expansion, high CPU performance, 1Gb, SPF+, and 2+ PCIe slots?
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