Hi,
Here is a little NAS that I've built my NAS :
- case : CFI A7879 or A7979 mini-ITX case
- 12cm fan : Artic F12
- MLB and CPU : MSI B250I Gaming Pro and Intel G3900
- boot disk : Intel Optane 16 Go NVMe SSD
- Network : Sonnet 10Gbe
- 4x Seagate IronWolf hard drives
This makes me a very very reliable 10 Gbe NAS for ~450€.
I can make the same setup with only 2 1Gbe ports with some J3455 ITX MLB for ~350€.
Here are some photos :
In this case I mostly look for reliability and low consumption :
- the low cost G3900 CPU has a low TDP and is far enough powerfull to drive my NAS with good performances
- the Intel Optane 16Go SSD is cheap (i got them for 16€) and ultra reliable as OMV boot disks.
- the CFI 12cm original fan is replaced with a better one
- I now always set the NAS to power off / on at sheduled time (see this thread)
I've built and used dozens of similar NAS like this one for very long, most where used in small organisations.
I've started to build them in ~2010 with same A7879 cases and Zotac G43-ITX MLB / Intel E3300 core 2 duo.
At the present those nearly 10 years old NAS are all being upgraded with new disks and MLB but I keep the chassis and PSU...
They all have last long because I made them shut down during night and restart in the morning, so my NAS only work 10 hours a day / 20 days a month, this make 2000 hours a year (instead of 8000 hours...)
Best regards
gilles