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Osiris | karma 10774 | avg karma 4.5 · 2020-11-19 18:15:19+00:00

I bought a mini-ITX board with 4 SATA ports and an embedded CPU. I added a PCIe card with 2 additional SATA ports. I bought a mini-ITX case with mounts for 6 HDDs. I have 5 8TB drives (RAIDZ2) and 1 SSD as the boot drive. The system runs Ubuntu Server.

I found this setup a lot cheaper than the dedicated NAS boxes you can buy and more flexible.

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vermaden | karma 3209 | avg karma 4.27 · 2020-11-19 18:17:18+00:00

Can you post a link to that Mini-ITX case? Thanks.

jtbarrett | karma 40 | avg karma 1.74 · 2020-11-19 23:45:13

I’m not the parent but I built something similar in the Fractal Node 304 which supports six 2.5” drives. Mine’s been going strong for 7 years now.

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/node/node-304

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vermaden | karma 3209 | avg karma 4.27 · 2020-11-20 08:30:16

Thanks.

Osiris | karma 10774 | avg karma 4.5 · 2020-11-25 04:49:36+00:00

That's exactly the one I have.

znpy | karma 10741 | avg karma 2.31 · 2020-11-19 18:56:27+00:00

Yes please, can you post the brand/model of that case?