Upgrading NAS

[cyruspy]

can anybody recommend an "intelligent" upgrade for my unRAID NAS?. The situation is: NAS is underpowered to also run a Windows 11 Virtual Desktop & my dedicated lab machine is powered off since a year ago (got access to a lab at the office).

 

Requirement would be: more compute power for the NAS, lower noise if possible. Either reusing hardware or selling everything and getting something better/more appropiated.

 

## Spares parts
# Memory
16 x 8GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11-11-E2 (HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB T8 AE)
# Heatsink
1 x BKT-0028L
# CPU
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c, 2.6GHz)

 

## NAS (24x7)
1 x Supermicro X9SCL/X9SCM
1 x Xeon E3-1265L v2 (4c, 2.5GHz)
4 x 8GB ECC DDR3 1333MT/s (HMT41GU7MFR8A-H9)
1 x Solarflare SFN7x02F-R2 (dual 10GbE-SFP+)
2 x Broadcom / LSI SAS2008
    - Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter
    - Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter
1 x Broadcom / LSI SAS2308
    - Hewlett Packard Enterprise H220i

 

## Lab node (seldom used)
1 x Intel S2600CP
2 x Xeon E5-2680 v2 (10c, 2.8GHz)
16 x 32GB Hynix ECC DDR3 PC3-12800L (HMT84GL7AMR4A-PB)
1 x Intel RAID Controller RS3DC080
1 x Solarflare SFN7x02F-R2 (dual 10GbE-SFP+)

Edited November 16, 2022 by cyruspy