Those of you who are interested in making a compact NAS build can go with the Gigabyte A520I AC since it is the only mini ITX motherboard given above. But this is only possible when you have multiple ports on your motherboard and it offers all the desired features. Thankfully, since all of the motherboards given above are offered by highly reputable computer component manufacturers, they all come with a 3-year warranty which is more than enough while building a NAS for your storage needs.

Slackware refuses to accept almost all change and, while it side-steps a few problems this way, it also misses out on all the progress made in the past two decades. I don’t think BQ offers 10 year warranties on anything but the Dark, so it will be a Corsair, specific model TBD. Use ZFS mirroring or MDADM instead if you want software raid, then you get far better manageability and monitoring.

I've put together a test rig from old PC bits and a trial Unraid license, and I like what I see, so I'm going to level up a bit and would like some advice please. For the NICs, you just replied to my question about the IBM NICs, so here’s hoping I manage to get them working. Building a Unraid NAS server with some dockers like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and a bit of a home lab, multi server back up.

I’ve been using a pair of u6-lr in my house for the last year ish … comparatively they’re amazing, even with 2x2 and even with 802. Apart from the physical slots, you should also check the maximum memory capacity of your motherboard which is generally given as up to 64 GB or up to 128 GB. It includes chipset models like A320, B450, X570, and others where a higher chipset model offers better performance. What I would need for that is: 1) a WAP (since currently I’m using ISP router for WiFi) 2) probably a switch with aggregation support.If you’re looking to build a small PC, you need to ensure that the compact form factor PC cases you’re considering will support motherboards up to a certain size.