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Cheap Atom boards seem probably the best solution that doesn't cost a fortune to set up small servers without resorting to very old hardware. My home (Xigma) NA
by squarefoot 5y ago
Cheap Atom boards seem probably the best solution that doesn't cost a fortune to set up small servers without resorting to very old hardware. My home (Xigma) NAS employs a D410 CPU on a used Supermicro X7SPA-L board and does its job nicely with two RAID 1 sets. The CPU TDP is 10 Watts, plus chipset and disks; being single core doesn't seem to be an hindrance to its functionality.
Hopefully ARM boards will bring even lower power figures, but they're still a bit expensive if one needs many SATA ports. The Helios64 platform looked very promising, but sadly it tanked.
- benjojo12 5y agoHow did the Helios64 Tank? I own one and it's fine?
- squarefoot 5y agoThe manufacturer stopped production and support last summer. https://blog.kobol.io/2021/08/25/we-are-pulling-the-plug/ https://blog.kobol.io/2021/08/25/we-are-pulling-the-plug/ Very sad as it was a really interesting device. https://kobol.io/ https://kobol.io/