The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/aes100 on 2024-06-13 20:15:45.
If you were to build a storage computer based on NVMe SSDs, how would you do it? Nor datarate, nor storage space is priority. Just sheer number of NVMe SSDs... and you hate cables.
Build#1: AMD Threadripper with PCIe to M.2 adapter cards. Because I think that is the only motherboard that has more than one or two PCIe slots. But Threadripper is overkill expensive for just storage and not worth it. I didn't do research on Intel side.
Build#2: Get a server motherboard with lots of SATA ports and lots of SATA to M.2 adapters. Put the NVMe's in, and connect them to SATA ports. But you don't like cables.
Build#3: Get a LattePanda Mu based on Intel N100 which they advertise a NAS carrier but I don't know if it exists yet or not. Or get a FriendlyELEC CM3588 based on Rockchip. You are free of cables, but are you gonna regret accessing the data on there because it is slow? Or is it actually fast enough to, I don't know, watch a video from it?
What do you think about the above builds? What downs and ups do you think they have? How would you do it? Why?