U-NAS NSC-810A mATX Chassis
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What hardware are you using, specifically motherboard (ie are you using a Xeon-D without active cooling)
What hardware are you using, specifically motherboard (ie are you using a Xeon-D without active cooling)
Currently in my UNAS 800 I'm using a mini-itx with an I3 with active cooling, replaced the pair of back fans with Noctua's for more cooling from the 7200RPM hard drives.
I plan on relocating all my hardware to this case and rebuilding my main UnRAID server with this setup. I'm still not sure how the hell these guys say you can put 2 2.5" hard drives in this case, there doesn't appear to be any room for it.
I'd love to put a micro-ATX xeon in this puppy but i've blown my budget for the next 6 months on WD 6TB Red's. Maybe when my Toshiba refund comes in I can spring for a xeon-D.
I plan on relocating all my hardware to this case and rebuilding my main UnRAID server with this setup. I'm still not sure how the hell these guys say you can put 2 2.5" hard drives in this case, there doesn't appear to be any room for it.
I'd love to put a micro-ATX xeon in this puppy but i've blown my budget for the next 6 months on WD 6TB Red's. Maybe when my Toshiba refund comes in I can spring for a xeon-D.
I think the old chassis with: Intel Atom C3000 Denverton - First benchmarks and what we can expect when it is finally "launched" is going to be a very viable choice.
How much is a C3000 motherboard going to cost though? $6-800? I'd have to buy all new networking for 10G. Yes, cost of this hobby, but those Atom motherboards have been super pricey.
Right now I'm looking for an inexpensive xeon-D micro-atx motherboard.
When the system comes in I'll snap lots of pictures. Might finally do a build log of this puppy.pics pics pics
I would be surprised if they end up being that much. It is still going to be quite awhile until we see 8+ cores in the wild. The 2 core model we have in the lab I might guess is $250, maybe less? No idea until they hit street in quantity though.
I cannot wait.
to upgrade i'd at least need a 4core/8thread minimum as the i3 2/4 is doing an OK job with the handful of plex streams that I throw at it. Upgrading to a Xeon class system or an 8/16 would be a dream especially if there was some low profile cooling.
I can afford to wait, unless you have a sample micro atx xeon motherboard you can reassign for 'testing purposes' of course @Patrick
I can afford to wait, unless you have a sample micro atx xeon motherboard you can reassign for 'testing purposes' of course @Patrick
That comment is provocative. When do we get to see specs on that board you have in the lab?
Good question. Intel did not seem too pleased with me publishing C3000 benchmarks last week. I said that the C3338 has been on ARK for a month and a half so plan is early next week for benchmarks.
Now... Let us discuss in hypotheticals. Hypothetically one could look at page 15 in a document that was published before the C3000 schedule push, and perhaps find an answer https://www.supermicro.com/manuals/brochure/brochure_Embedded.pdf
Who knows what hypothetically one may find on the bottom left of page 15.
@Churchill btw one idea on the mATX side... Ryzen 7 1700 + mATX will be sub $475. Networking will be poor. No IPMI. No onboard video. Less RAM. But it will run circles around Xeon D and that models TDP is 65w.
I told the AMD folks "65w is the one I am excited for" and the response was "that is because you are smart".
I actually bought myself the 65w part and the 7 1700X alreadysine I want to run them in personal machines.
I'd love to try a Ryzen system. The price can't be beat. Make it even cheaper and I can go with the R1500 which is STILL a 6 core/12 thread system.
Not having IPMI won't be too bad as I have a networked KVM. RAM? I only need 16GB.
Networking: I'm seeing higher end motherboards coming with INTEL network stack which is HILARIOUS.
Not having onboard video might be the dealbreaker here as that means 1 more card which means no 10GB card can be put in this case unless the motherboard supports 10 SATA ports (8 front drives+2 SSDs) and running that cable is going to be a nightmare. I have one spare PCI slot in this case as I'll be using a M1015 to breakout the sata ports.
Possible contender:
I know this has realtek network card but it has onboard video. I can slap in a better NIC if I need to:
Amazon.com: ASUS Prime B350M-A/CSM AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI VGA M.2 USB 3.1 mATX B350 Motherboard: Computers & Accessories
Also I haven't seen any low profile CPU fans for the AM4.
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$225 at wiredzone so less than 250, I would not expect to see them much cheaper that that for a good while.
Supermicro A2SDI-2C-HLN4F Embedded Processor
These systems are VERY quiet which is surprising. The big fans in back are whisper silent even at full speed they barely make any noise. You could easily put this case in a living area and it would look like it fits with the rest of the entertainment.
Heck make it an offsite backup, packed full of hard drives I bet the thing ways 30 lbs.
Can someone recommend a board/cpu combo for this? I'm thinking of using it to replace my backup fs that is currently running Windows 12r2 in a ds380 case ( some mobo/i5 cpu) and making this the main home server. Mainly media storage and serving plex-xbmc clients, ad,dns and backups for my workstation and laptops. Definitely need ipmi/ikvm.
The case will house 8 8tb reds in raid 6. Os will be win 12r2 or win 16.
I do have a X10SDV-4C-7TP4F with me that I planned for a different build (Looking to replace my 24 drive archive server -Areca raid and Intel expander with a freenas based one) and dont really want to use for this build.
The case will house 8 8tb reds in raid 6. Os will be win 12r2 or win 16.
I do have a X10SDV-4C-7TP4F with me that I planned for a different build (Looking to replace my 24 drive archive server -Areca raid and Intel expander with a freenas based one) and dont really want to use for this build.