November 10, 20196 yr Hello everyone, I'm looking at buying the silverstonetek CS381, for my first Unraid box (Hot-swap is appealing). I've looked at the wiki, and it seems out of date on the suggested builds? What Micro-ATX motherboard / CPU should I look at? I'll be just storing old video projects for archival purposes, no streaming/transcoding etc. Looking at getting 8x 8TB drives, and setting up dual parity (so around 48TB storage) Basically hoping to run something quiet, and low power - close to my other work machines. I understand Intel is better for low power? Thanks in advance! Nick
December 4, 20196 yr Are you still looking for a suggestion? I am also using the CS381 and got the SUPERMICRO A2SDI-4C-HLN4F with 8 SATA ports. If you want more ports you have to get the 8, 12 or 16core model. 10gb ethernet is available in one of the 8core versions.
December 5, 20196 yr Author I am! I've got the CS381, empty and sat on a shelf. Will build something in a few weeks... Just got a SAS LSI 9211-8i card from eBay (with IT mode firmware), looking to add 4x SSD's on top of the 8x HDD I'll source. I'll have a look at the Supermicro boards, how are you finding it? I'm looking at a really low spec tbh, just need to run disc operations really. Didn't find any decent blackfriday deals in the UK! Best, Nick
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