Comment on CWWK NAS mini-ITX motherboard features six SATA connectors, three 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports
ptz@dubvee.org 5 months ago
I’ve been putting off building a new NAS for (going on) 3 years now. Power draw was a concern since I’ve been trying to downsize and become more efficient with each refresh cycle. This looks really promising, and I love that it has two 2.5 Gb ethernet ports on board.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
The Realtek one might be only 1gbit, but I agree it doesn’t really matter.
If you order one let me know how it goes as I am also mildly interested, but for now I don’t really need it.
ptz@dubvee.org 5 months ago
Will do!
I’m still trying to decide if I want to build a pure NAS with a board like this or go for something more powerful that can also handle transcoding and run my media server. Currently, I’m about 60% in favor of a pure, lower power NAS and keeping my media server separate as is my current configuration.
I really do need to make a decision soon, lol, as I’m very close to capacity on my current storage.
sharkaccident@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This CPU has quick sync so should not be a problem. I doubt you will need more than 3-4 4k to 1080 transcodes if you are remotely considering this board so it should not be an issue.
My only concern with these one off mb manufacturers is driver support in your os of choice including Linux variants.
ptz@dubvee.org 5 months ago
True. I wasn’t factoring in Quck Sync. My current media server uses that for transcoding, so should be fine on that too. Good point. Yeah, 3-4 streams is the most it ever sees at once, usually 1-2.
Also good point. Cursory checking shows the JMB585 SATA interface, i220-V intel NIC, and RTL8125B NIC should all have in-kernel driver support in recent Linux releases. Not sure about any other motherboard peripherals, but at least those seem to be supported. Definitely something to keep in mind. Thanks!
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
if you need any questions about something basic about CWWK boards, i can probably answer some of them. I made my own media/NAS board out of a n100 based CWWK board about 2 months ago
ptz@dubvee.org 5 months ago
Cool! I don’t have any specific questions (yet), but I guess in general, what are your impressions with it?