All,
I'm doing the maths on whether to build or buy my next NAS. The maths aren't all driven by $$ - they are also driven in part by the fun of building something yourself (but it is largely a $$ conversation).
I have no desire to kludge something together using a raspberry pi (I love them but IO is a dog), or banana pi with a sata multiplier etc. I am looking to build something reasonably robust that will run for years and that I can be proud of (at least in part because I don't have to muck around keeping it running).
What small, low(ish) power board would you recommend with at least 4 on-board SATA ports. Some form of video out would be handy while getting it configured - but that could even be TTY over RS232 if needed.
Mini ITX or Micro ATX seem over powered for this.
@tkaiser - I know you wrote something about this a while back. Has anything changed in the ARM landscape?
Regards
Jo