This.
It’s a nice switch. Was an upgrade from a Zyxel.
This.
It’s a nice switch. Was an upgrade from a Zyxel.
For new, Supermicro has motherboards with embedded CPU and optionally 10GbE and SAS controller. Running a Xeon-D 25W CPU with SAS with no issues.
Configurator at wiredzone.com
Yes it is.
Use to run Arch Linux with ext4. Now run FreeBSD with ZFS.
Still using Xeon-E5 v3/4 CPUs in production. No issues.
/r/homelabsales
Brocade or MikroTik. MikroTik still the cheapest new as well.
OPNSense. No issues.
I know you only looking at Gigabyte/ASRock but may want to look at Supermicro. Built-in IPMI and optional 10GbE & SAS built-in. Configurator at wiredzone.com
Motherboard form-factors from mini-ATX to full ATX.
Should be using software-defined storage, like ZFS. Provides snapshots, rollbacks, compression, and optionally deduplication and encryption. ZFS is both a filesystem and volume manager. Good stuff.
I’m guessing 2.5" SATA HDDs for laptops?
Most reliable has been Hitachi.
I do use 2.5" SAS drives in production and you guessed it, Hitachi is the most reliable.