Hi,
I was using a barebone Zotac Zbox CI323 Nano with 8GB of Ram and the OS installed on a SD Card (automatic wear leveling + sd card plugin) but the one I got could not boot up headless even if it should be able to (said the support).
Because unit was already exchanged one time because of networking issues I'm now looking for a complete replacement and would like to get your opinion on this.
My requirements are:
- x86 based
- multiple USB 3.0 (external USB 3.0 Drives are used for the data)
- Gbit Lan, preferably Intel (had problems with Realtek in the past)
- (very) silent (noise from the drives are more than enough )
- (at least) one intern SATA for a SSD which will be used for data
- SD Card reader - I would like to keep my SD card for the OS
and it must be very reliable.
The system will be used mostly for simple network storage, backing up the data and syncing with offsite storage. It does not need to be powerful enough to run VMs but if it can it'l be nice too
I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys about what you could recommend, what brands etc. and what hardware you chose for similar requirements.
Best wishes,
Daniel