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Hi guys, I need your advices on building a home device to replace QNAP TVS-882ST3 that would outperform it for my tasks (similar to 1QD 4K random read). Current setup: - QNAP TVS-882ST3 i7 16GB - 8 x 2TB Samsung 860 Pro SATA SSDs - iMac Pro connected via Thunderbolt 3 - PC connected via 10GE The bottleneck in the existing solution is the low IOPS/speed of a single SATA drive at 1QD 4K RR. NVMe SSD performance on 1QD 4K RR is nearly x10 in both IOPS and MB/s in comparison to SATA SSD. Thus I'm looking into building my own custom replacement that would be: - at max tower sized (to aesthetically fit into a home office under the desk or on desk) - quiet (not an aircraft take off dB level of noise of rack servers) - ability to contain 8+ NVMe SSDs (1-2TB each) - ability to connect via 10GE (and, if possible, Thunderbolt 3) The primary working desktop (iMac Pro) is nearly silent. Old PC is ~35 dB. QNAP is ~15 dB. Mostly it needed for high perfomance storage, but extra pluses would be if the system would be able to run VMs with access to high IOPS: - max RAM - up to 2-4 video cards - fast CPU(s) 15-30k$ budget would be OK, but savvy options are fine too. What are your thoughts/advices?