It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JeebsFat on 2025-02-25 14:12:43.

Not sure if this is good to post here or not. Seeking suggestions for hardware. If not, please remove.

I think I'm looking for an n100 (w/ case or not, at least 3x SATA, at least 2x M.2).

I'm trying to build a second NAS for Truenas Scale to serve solely as a off-site (weekly(?)) backup server. Don't need high performance, but stability and low power (+low cost-ish). So, I think a good option would be a n100 based system. Would you agree?

I'm feeling overwhelmed with the options. I've seen some that have a enclosure plus drive bays, but I have some old random cases I could use if I can find just the board itself, or board with power. I'm happy to jerry rig something.

It seems like a 12th gen 4core would be more than enough. I need about 3x SATA ports and 2x M.2 ports *system + cache ). 1gig ethernet is fine.

Thanks for any pointers!