K1LLA_KING_KING Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Building a NAS server with some dockers like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and a bit of a home lab, multi server back up. Mobo needs 6-8 (usable) sata ports, Ideally 2x M.2 ports but 1 is OK, 8x PCIE slot for a 10GBE NIC, would be nice to have ECC ram but not a deal breaker if not. I dont mind if its ATX or MATX Theres some NAS specific boards out there and some server specific boards too, which I have no experience with yet. So besides you standard home / office boards what should I be looking at? Unless of course there are some standard boards which meet my requirements. Quote Link to comment
Lolight Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) On 7/8/2023 at 11:56 AM, K1LLA_KING_KING said: So besides you standard home / office boards what should I be looking at? Unless of course there are some standard boards which meet my requirements. Look for big brand consumer boards - no need to look at the server oriented hardware for your use case. Go with a modern Intel non-F SKU CPU. AMD processors would also work but the Intel platform is still a better choice for a home NAS, considering its iGPU and C-States low-power modes support/compatibility. You might want to start with https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ Edited July 10, 2023 by Lolight Quote Link to comment
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