They use two i210s. Also, forget about jumbo frames. They're a pain in the ass.
Huh, I took a look at both motherboards and couldn't exactly see two NICs on the SRI. Heh, figures jumbo frames are a pain. What would networking be without pain?
Beautiful, cheers!
They don't buy them, they're the same company.
Well you know what I mean, buy/request/utilize. Crucial should have information on the memory ICs of the company they're a part of they utilize.
WD reds are 5400RPM drives, not that it matters (for non-pedants).
Are they? They have the weird Intellispin thing or whatever going on. I just copied the link from PCPartPicker. Personally, I don't care about 5400RPM vs. 5900RPM, I just wanted decent, trust-worthy, 24/7 usage capable drives with good power usage to them. I don't expect to more than max out a 1GbE connection any time soon. 10GbE I would need to purchase NICs and bump up a number of my devices to Wireless AC support to make it viable.
I think the only device I have that supports going beyond 1GbE right now is my phone.
Excellent PSU, but I prefer to avoid fanless units. It's also a bit on the low side if you want to expand in the future.
The parts marked purchased
here I already own. The 4 more WD Reds and UPS I have recently purchased and can still return. It's the rest that I already own (like the case and PSU). I'm going to go ahead and place the order for the CPU, motherboard and RAM.
Noise level was a bit of a concern, so I was willing to put a bit extra into that. Seasonic does lovely, high end stuff.
It is a bit on the lower side should I end up with say, an 8 core processor and need a dGPU in there, but should that happen, i'll undoubtedly need to re-evaluate my choices entirely. Trying to keep spec creep to a minimum (not very well though).
Why do you want an optical drive?
I don't, I already own it and I was using it for FreeNAS installation (also doesn't hurt to keep should the need arise). Later, if I expand beyond 6 drives, i'll likely remove the optical drive. It has 2 dual 5.25" drives which I can convert to 3 3.5" drives with a bay for 11 drives total which is plenty for my needs for now.
Your case choice is a bit odd. A HTPC case for a NAS?
Space needs sadly, I needed to be able to put the case in a relatively open area without it being too hideous.
In that form factor, you can do much better than that Silverstone in terms of acoustics, capacity, and airflow: HTPCs are designed first to look good, which is almost always a secondary consideration for a NAS.
Sadly, size as well as look were fairly important given where it needed to be put. There are better choices, but I had needs to balance :/.
If I could, I would re-wire the ethernet and go with not a HTPC but a more optimal case like a full tower and stuff it elsewhere. If not a server case. It'd have the added benefit of me being able to dedicated the NAS to being a NAS, and leave things like virtualization to a more dedicated, ideal machine.