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something that might be useful to you for that; you can get m.2 slot network adapters which you could use on (some) ITX boards. there's at least 1 & 10gbe ones
by vluft 3y ago
something that might be useful to you for that; you can get m.2 slot network adapters which you could use on (some) ITX boards. there's at least 1 & 10gbe ones available.
- 3np 3y agoSure. But if you want to actually have two m.2 drives to either mirror your root filesystem or use one as a secondary? It gets tangly quickly. inb4: CPUs as well as commonly used chipsets have enough lanes, it's not that.
- Dylan16807 3y agoIt sounds like you're at the intersection of "tiny", "multiple network ports", "multiple M.2 drives", and "dedicated gpu". I wouldn't be surprised if that's a rare combination.
- 3np 3y agoCould do without the dGPU given APUs. I don't think the rest of that intersection is rare at all for workstations and desktops.
- Dylan16807 3y agoI think a workstation with only one pcie slot is a bit rare? Either way, if you're using an APU then that frees up an x16 PCIe slot, which on many motherboards can be adapted into 4 M.2 slots. That should get you plenty of networking.
- numpad0 3y agoAdd 4- or 8-port GbE NIC to PCIe, add 64GB of RAM, add USB stick for router operating system, and you should be able to handle edge traffic for a small office. What's your goal here??? Multiple NIC in ITX form factor, for what?