Hi there,

What SFF machines do you recommend for a server to basically run opnsense (with a 4 port expansion NIC) and a bunch of extra disks to serve as a NAS? I was looking through Thinkcentre m720, m800 et al. I believe these allow for up to 3 disks

I know usually you’d run opnsense on a dedicated machine, but I’m a bit constrained on space so am trying to fit all in one. I don’t want to stream Linux ISOs on this NAS just to store my own files.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    4 months ago

    SFF, and “a buncha disks” don’t really go together. It really depends on how much space yodu need, and whether the space saving or more important, or the disk redundancy.

    That being said, have a look at some of the Fractal Design cases (they make beautiful stuff), or Lian Li.

  • ad_on_is@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    I’d recommend the following, which is what I did

    • Get one of these N100 or N305 firewall mini PCs with two NICs for your opnsense box. they’re like 15x15 cm in size
    • A managed switch (at least 8-port)
    • A cheapo small PC case, that can house enough drives, or can add some 3dprinted drive tray or whatever for your NAS.

    I’d highly suggest, not to put everything in one box. Been there, nothing but struggles.

    • witx@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      I mean I could go the DIY route but I’m guessing it’s going to be more expensive?

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage

    3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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