> I have always liked ATX tower cases with lots of drive bays, both internal
> and external. Over time, more products have become available with good
> cooling and low noise. I have not found a major computer manufacturer who
> makes servers with all of those features, so I build my own:
>
> * Fractal Design Define R5 case
> * 3 @ Fractal Design low-speed 140 mm fans
> * Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 660 W power supply
> * Intel S1200V3RP motherboard
> * Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series processors
> * Dual channel ECC memory
> * LSI 9207-8i HBA with "IT mode" non-RAID firmware
> * Seagate Barracuda and Constellation ES.2 HDD's
> * Intel 520 Series SSD's
> * StarTech 2.5" and 3.5" mobile racks
> * Cable Matters black SATA 6 Gbps cables with locking connectors
My home NAS is in a completely different category:
an ARM SBC with on-board SATA. Much smaller, extremely quiet (no fan),
and between 5W and 10W of power consumption depending on whether it's
mostly idle (the overwhelmingly common case) or not.
Stefan
