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Word of caution to anyone thinking of using this for pfsense: the realtek 2.5G drivers are not included in the pfsense image and have to be installed manually. A real pain if you don't have easy access to another freebsd machine.
I wish they would have up to eight at 6 to 8 SATA ports. Then it could be a proper nass.
I've seen some pci-e m.2 5x sata boards. That would get you to 7 ports. You can boot from emmc (i assume) if you don't want to boot from your array.
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Search where? Because I can only find them for 350€+
The top of the pi thread has this one: (16G ram, dual nic, 512G ssd) for $190 right now. https://www.amazon.com/Processor-Beelink-Computer-Support-Di... If you lower the ram/ssd you can find them for $120 or so, some also have the dual 2.5G adapters, and as the link up thread shows its possible for ~200 to even get them with 4+ 2.5G links. Granted a lot of these are "deals" rather than MSRP, but right now the "deals"…
This looks like a great chance to ask: Besides the ODROID-Hn series, what other single-board computers have dual ethernet? Very few, AFAICT. For router use-case, the alternatives suggested (buy an older NUC, for instance) don't work.
Look around at STH forums. There are a bunch of jasperlake products with 4x or 6x 2.5 Gbe. This is one such seller: www.loksing.com.cn . You can also find them on aliexpress.
1: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003744743799.htmlWord of caution to anyone thinking of using this for pfsense: the realtek 2.5G drivers are not included in the pfsense image and have to be installed manually. A real pain if you don't have easy access to another freebsd machine.
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Can you provide some references (to production products)? I couldn't find any STH brand.
Just look for the small router/switch looking pics with 4 or 6 ports on the front: https://www.servethehome.com/category/networking/ They review half a dozen of them or so. Most with the N4000, N5000, and N6000 under $200.
1: https://www.servethehome.com/two-fanless-intel-celeron-n5105-4x-2-5gbe-options-reviewed/
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuaAPG0PxUThere is a similarish SBC called Zimaboard
https://shop.zimaboard.com/collections/diyyourrouter/product...
How does it compare with the 832 model (N3450, 8GB RAM, 2X 1GB Ethernet, 2 Sata ports, PCIe 4x slot).
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Just look for the small router/switch looking pics with 4 or 6 ports on the front: https://www.servethehome.com/category/networking/ They review half a dozen of them or so. Most with the N4000, N5000, and N6000 under $200.
Specifically, here's their review of a couple of N5105 based ones (which are probably the most sensible choice for most applications). [1][2] TLDR: KingNovy and Topton from AliExpress are pretty good and going barebones is a better deal. 1: https://www.servethehome.com/two-fanless-intel-celeron-n5105-4x-2-5gbe-options-reviewed/ 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuaAPG0PxU
Oh boy. I'd buy this instantly if it was AMD. Is there comparable alternative which uses AMD CPU?
The n6005 on the H3+ could easily handle 3-4+ 4K encodes as a media server with the eGPU too.
It's pretty much my ideal hardware for that use case so I'm probably in for one.