neetbuck
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Hi guys,
I've spent the last couple of weeks reading up as much as I can on what a good mini-ITX server-build for TrueNAS could look like. I kept seeing reddit post after reddit post suggesting to use gaming mobos only to seemingly upgrade their builds on a yearly basis, run into compatibility issues, and get weird bugs and issues... which struck me as not what I wanted tbh... I'm glad I decided to look at the official forum, because apparently it's the norm here to recommend using server motherboards instead and focus on making the best build rather than a build that sorta works even if you need to hold it together with string and sellotape.
My biggest dilema right now is which ASRock rRack or Supermicro board I should get... I've looked through the forums and a lot of the recurring mini-ITX suggestions are either out of stock or seem to have become infamous due to having problems (like the ASRock c2750d4i).
The only thing I've ordered so far is a Jonsbo N2 case -hence why mini-ITX is a must . I plan on Having 5x HDDs + 1x or 2x SSDs (It seems like just having 1x SSD for booting is enough given that I don't plan on using any apps). Other must-haves are 10GbE and ECC memory (pretty sure this is what people in this forum already tend to suggest). I also keep reading that being able to install as much ram as possible is good for cacheing(?) - so I would like to try get a mobo that allows for 64-128GB of ram if possible.
[ASRock Rack]
Any thoughts on these options? Any alternative recommendations are very welcome - the supermicro lineup is much harder to look through than the Asrock Rack, since the site sucks, so I've probably missed a few good options.
I've spent the last couple of weeks reading up as much as I can on what a good mini-ITX server-build for TrueNAS could look like. I kept seeing reddit post after reddit post suggesting to use gaming mobos only to seemingly upgrade their builds on a yearly basis, run into compatibility issues, and get weird bugs and issues... which struck me as not what I wanted tbh... I'm glad I decided to look at the official forum, because apparently it's the norm here to recommend using server motherboards instead and focus on making the best build rather than a build that sorta works even if you need to hold it together with string and sellotape.
My biggest dilema right now is which ASRock rRack or Supermicro board I should get... I've looked through the forums and a lot of the recurring mini-ITX suggestions are either out of stock or seem to have become infamous due to having problems (like the ASRock c2750d4i).
The only thing I've ordered so far is a Jonsbo N2 case -hence why mini-ITX is a must . I plan on Having 5x HDDs + 1x or 2x SSDs (It seems like just having 1x SSD for booting is enough given that I don't plan on using any apps). Other must-haves are 10GbE and ECC memory (pretty sure this is what people in this forum already tend to suggest). I also keep reading that being able to install as much ram as possible is good for cacheing(?) - so I would like to try get a mobo that allows for 64-128GB of ram if possible.
A major doubt I have about some of the options I've found, is that sometimes they have for example 8 SATA ports total, but only 4 are directly onboard... the other 4 are only accesible by using anOculink conector... is it possible to make a single pool of 5 HDDs with a setup like that or would it cap at 4HDDs?
Right now I'm looking at:[ASRock Rack]
- C236 WSI4-85 (255€) - [2nd hand unopened / 1GbE]
- C2750D4I (349,00€) - [2nd hand - problematic? / 1GbE]
- X570D4I-2T (397,82€) - [new / 1GbE]
- E3C246D2I (428,78€) - [new / 1GbE]
- X570D4I-2T (655,29€) - [new / 10GbE]
- E3C256D4I-2T (659,86€) - [new / 10GbE]
- MBD-X11SCH-F (431,82 €) - [new / 10GbE / only 32gb ram max.]
- MBD-A2SDI-4C-HLN4F-O (454,57€) - [new / 10GbE]
- X10SDV-2C-TLN2F (572,40€) - [new / 10GbE]
- X10SDV-4C-TLN4F (789,83 €) - [new/ 10GbE]
Any thoughts on these options? Any alternative recommendations are very welcome - the supermicro lineup is much harder to look through than the Asrock Rack, since the site sucks, so I've probably missed a few good options.