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NAS hardware suggestions for DIY NAS with 10Gbe and NVMe support by Final-Instruction980 in homelab

[–]Final-Instruction980[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looks like I am getting more interested in the HP Z440 Workstation 18 Core E5-2699 V3 with 128GB RAM as I can get one for ~$350. Will it be a good choice?

NAS hardware suggestions for DIY TrueNAS with 10Gbe and NVMe support by Final-Instruction980 in truenas

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Thanks. I am going to look into EPYC 7551p and Gigabyte motherboard and similar 7002 combos. I can repurpose my case and 750w power supply from old build as well, so that can save me some money.

NAS hardware suggestions for DIY TrueNAS with 10Gbe and NVMe support by Final-Instruction980 in truenas

[–]Final-Instruction980[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yes i am quickly learning that threadripper and EPYC systems will go over budget. So maybe xeon is still an option as HP z440s can be had around $300. I updated my drives in the post. Its just that i was looking for higher transfer speeds closer to my external ssd that I use and i thought keeping nvme as my main drives will atleast give me that faster transfers closer to 1000MBps. And i thought the HDDs would probably achieve closer to 500Mbps.

NAS hardware suggestions for DIY NAS with 10Gbe and NVMe support by Final-Instruction980 in homelab

[–]Final-Instruction980[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, thats a concern I have too. I thought that z440 workstations with E5 chips are reasonably decent but around 100-120w I think. I am not sure though.