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My primary storage server.
This has frequently served as an all-in-one server, both storage and compute. It's had so many different incarnations. The current thinking is "use the lowest cost, least power-hungry components you have and see how far that gets you."
| Component | Spec / Rationale |
|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 4350G (4C/8T) |
| Motherboard | ASRock B450 Pro4 |
| RAM | 32 GB DDR4-3200 |
| Networking | 10 Gigabit SFP+ card (Intel X520 chipset) |
| Boot drive | Dual 256 GB SATA SSDs (zfs mirror) |
| Fast storage | 1 TB NVMe SSD (zfs pool for VMs/containers) |
| Bulk storage | 42TB zfs pool (Four 14TB disks in RAIDZ1) |
| More storage | Two 2TB SATA SSDs (zfs mirror) |
| SATA | 14 total ports via two SATA expansion cards |
| Power | Rosewill 650W Bronze PSU |
| Cooling | Standard AMD Box Cooler |
| Case | RSV-L4500U 4U Server Chassis (12 hotswap drive bays) |