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Framework main board as NAS

Nir
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Hey all,

 

I have the main board of my framework and I had an idea, to build a simple and low performance NAS from it (mostly for backups).

The main board I have is i5-1240P.

 

I was thinking to buy an adapter from M.2 --> SATA3.0 Expansion Card 6 Ports (for example https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0B6RQHY4F/?coliid=I2XVXQD0GFPTKG&colid=1B89RFY2KJDBX&psc=1)

I'll connect 4X4TB HDDs.

 

And of course I'll get a PSU for the HDDs. 

 

I'll probably chose UNRAID, just because I know it and like it.

 

What do you think? Could it work or is it a waste of time & money?

 

Tnx!

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I can't think of a reason it wouldn't work; Unraid runs on far less capable hardware than that. The thing should sip power, but as a tradeoff you're stuck with the inherent expansion limitations of using a laptop motherboard as a starting point.

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recycling old hardware to build tiny servers or NAS is always a good idea, at the end of the day, you're simply using a full laptop without the screen and some "external drivers" so to speak, it's a setup that will for sure work without a doubt

 

i myself scrapped out a couple old xeon CPUs from a server i had at work and just by buying an old supermicro dual CPU board  and a PSU i've made up a home server, it's not powerful, but i've spent a fraction of what a server would cost.  

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3 hours ago, y0ur5h4d0w said:

i myself scrapped out a couple old xeon CPUs from a server i had at work and just by buying an old supermicro dual CPU board  and a PSU i've made up a home server, it's not powerful, but i've spent a fraction of what a server would cost. 

I'm actually diving into this from the opposite end with a new manufacture/salvaged chipset X99 dual socket board. Gonna learn me some proxmox!

5950X/4090FE primary rig  |  1920X/1070Ti Unraid for dockers  |  200TB TrueNAS w/ 1:1 backup

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