Hi there guys,
Due to a lot of headaches in the past with my home server handling a lot of stuff in a single machine, Ive been trying to separate everything.
One of the main reasons being that normally if something went wrong, even with an app, could cause the system not to boot or whatever making my storage unavailable.
On top of that is power savings, If I separate everything, I can have a server dedicated for applications that turns off during the night, saving power.
So Im looking to have a machine dedicated to just storage and my requirements are the following:
As low power as possible, I mean around 20w iddle + disks.
Have at least dual Gb lan, although I can always put a Network card on it, but wanted to avoid it to save power.
At least 8 Sata ports, although I can always put a raid card on it, but wanted to avoid it to save power lol.
ECC Ram (than I use either a normal i3 CPU or a Xeon)
If possible, small form factor.
Cheap, I just need MB, CPU and RAM, and Im looking into spending absolute max 400€
Here is what I was considering buying:
AsRock C236 WSI (ECC support DDR4, 1*PCIe 3.0 x16, 2*Intel Gbit Lan, Mini ITX)
Intel i3-6300T ( 2 cores, 4 threads. 3.3Ghz, 35W TDP, ECC support) Some people in this Intel Forum are claming between 10 to 15watts on iddle for CPUs like 6700T or 6100T, that is amazing.
1x4GB DDR4, most likely 2133Mhz ECC
Im just worried if that CPU is not strong enough.
Do you guys have any better sugestions?