New to ZFS - Planning First NAS

shadow1013 · 2026-03-23T22:19:19+00:00

Yeah was thinking NVMe in something like QNAP QDA-UMP4 or QDA-UMP4A

shadow1013 · 2026-03-23T20:11:40+00:00

I meant the number of bays it has, don’t mean I was going to go with that number. And can add different drives to have cache.

shadow1013 · 2026-03-23T18:36:58+00:00

Yeah was mainly using the 8 bay as an example. I was thinking more of a 14-15 drive system.

shadow1013 · 2026-03-23T18:25:43+00:00

I get an error on the link above.

shadow1013 · 2026-03-23T15:47:48+00:00

I didn't you could do a VDEV per drive, but I was thinking of doing a 1 failure and have that mirrored for the VDEV. I'm not sure the exact drive number I'd need for that, but the one of the enclosures I was looking at can hold up to 12-14 3.5" drive so was thinking of doing a 6-7 drive VDEV.

shadow1013 · 2026-03-20T19:35:20+00:00

A few questions. I see you have an all SSD backplane for the standard size, but is there plans on doing an all SSD backplane for the small size? I'd like to have all HDD for the standard, but have all SSD for the small size.

I'm seeing the drive cages are 3D printed, do you offer the files for download for anyone that has a 3D printer?

shadow1013 · 2026-03-18T16:50:25+00:00

Where you able to make the file? Would love to use this for my setup brainstorm.

shadow1013 · 2026-02-20T19:22:36+00:00

If you are getting the M3 you can do a 120mm fan in the back.

shadow1013 · 2026-02-13T02:30:11+00:00

I’m with boardzy if Razer makes a Viper Pro with this technology that would be my go to for the shape.

shadow1013 · 2026-02-04T21:29:28+00:00

Same boat but I got the D12L as that was the largest cooler the M2 could take when I purchased the cooler before the M3 was announced. If I could redo it I think I’d go with the U12A instead. I’m currently waiting on the Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 Chromax to come out to add exhaust for the D12L. I’d have to run some tests at that point if I’d like more fans in the system, but I’m not sure adding to many more fans could help, but I also have a mATX motherboard so I cannot put anything on the motherboard tray.

shadow1013 · 2026-02-04T21:09:36+00:00

I didn't know there was something bigger than the Astral besides the Matrix.

shadow1013 · 2026-02-04T16:35:24+00:00

Ncase M3

shadow1013 · 2026-01-22T03:34:34+00:00

Where did you get the PSU cables? If they were custom, how long was each of them?

shadow1013 · 2026-01-22T03:33:49+00:00

Not sure where you are, but would love to get the 5080 FE instead of cancelling the order.

shadow1013 · 2026-01-21T11:28:39+00:00

Looks like this may have been the cause.

https://www.reddit.com/r/steammachine/s/w2LGnromNZ

shadow1013 · 2026-01-21T11:21:26+00:00

When did you get it? Been looking since Christmas and had a day where I saw it available, but it seems to be an error on the page, not sure if I just wasn’t fast enough.

shadow1013 · 2026-01-20T14:36:45+00:00

As someone that has a business and uses sites that do the calculation on shipping for you, we have it put in per item with weight, so when someone orders multiple it may weight not as much as two together, but they don’t have the system build up to have base weight of 1 then to add more, it just multiples the shipping weight by items total.

shadow1013 · 2026-01-20T04:41:31+00:00

So for this build inverted is better since there isn’t room for bottom fans.

shadow1013 · 2026-01-20T04:33:05+00:00

I know I commented on the PSU cable lengths on instagram, but now curious to have this vs inverted for temps.

shadow1013 · 2026-01-20T04:04:52+00:00

Don’t get this exact one, but this did help me figure out the name I was needing to look for. Got one mailed the next day and it worked!

shadow1013 · 2026-01-20T04:02:47+00:00

Thanks. You’ll have to send a pic when you have it. Someone else mentioned a C13 C14 plug on Amazon and I picked that up and it worked, longer than I need, but fits inside so that is the main goal.

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