I’m looking for an off-the-shelf 4 or 6 bay NAS with upgradeable RAM that runs TrueNAS (for ZFS). The QNAP TS-664 looked very nice, but the price of the 4G version (with 2 RAM slots) is currently 25% more than the 8G version (with soldered RAM). I’d like to have 16 or better 32GB of RAM.
Do you have any recommendations?
Thanks, i found Wolfgang’s video extremly useful and now decided to build one myself. The Topton N5105 looks really good with its 6 sata ports. Just need to decide if i get the bigger Fractal Node 304 or the smaller (but nicer) Jonsbo N1 case.
The whole project is a bit of a stretch between low power, low noise (living room) and enough cpu/ram for good zfs performance.
Yep, this board looks perfect for your stated use case! You give up a bit for the form factor, but just put those sweet sweet power savings towards your next upgrade.
One last thought - I’ve watched a few reviews of the Jonsbo N1 and I think there were 2 flaws with it: loudish stock fan, and if you are using all HDD slots drives can overheat due to bad airflow (front panel is solid - not vented - for some reason!)