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0 pointsjoshstrange11mo ago0 comments

Do you have some examples of the superior customer hardware options? I currently use 2x12 bay Synology NAS and one of my favorite parts of it is the hardware, the easy access to the hotswap hard drives.

If I could get that form factor, but with a custom NAS software solution, I’d be very interested.

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CobaltFire11mo ago

I run a Sliger 3701 [0] with an ASRock Rack Ryzen motherboard (choose B650D4U or X570D4U to suit) using TrueNAS Scale. This replaced my old FreeNAS Atom C2000 setup that ran for over a decade with zero issues.

Add in a Mikrotik CCR2004-1G-2XS-PCIE [1] for high speed networking. Choose your own HBA.

0: https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/storage/cx3701/

1: https://mikrotik.com/product/ccr2004_1g_2xs_pcie

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benoau11mo ago

I don't think you'd get 12x too easily but one recent post here is AMD Hawk Point with 6x 3.5" drives + 5x M.2 drives + OCuLink + up to 128GB of RAM.

https://liliputing.com/?s=nas

joshstrangeOP11mo ago

Thank you for the link, currently my needs are more 3.5” high capacity drives, and less SSD storage (aside for a TB or 2 of cache. I just don’t need SSDs for my media collection, it seems like a waste when I can pick up 24-26+ TB drives for so much cheaper.

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