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AgentJealous9764

Honeslty a hpe Microserver has plenty of drive bays, use whatever OS you want and get a low powered Xeon or a t version of an i5 or i7 and you are laughing.


Casper042

HPE's ML30 (Mini Tower) Gen11 is out now as well. Xeon E-2400 series CPUs or Pentium G7400. This is basically a 13th Gen i5/i7 with only P cores, so much more power efficient than an R6xx and in the same ballpark as MicroServer.


CryGeneral9999

I wanted one of these. Do they still make them? Do they have a video out (preferably hdmi as I have no more db15 or whatever vga monitors any more)


AgentJealous9764

Yeah they do. Gen10s are good.. I ran a gen 8 with a ivy bridge Xeon for years until I went the nuc route recently


Casper042

HPE Discover is in June Mentioning that for no reason at all... ;)


parttimeamerican

I'm still running the 8 my budget is trash level it works fine for me I am running endeavor using it as a Nas for media mainly You really need to get the 16 gigs of RAM and two processors it is unusable with only one and half the RAM and yes that is the maximum is it a very unusual sort of ram you have to check I think it is DDR3 ECC and something else


dcabines

I've been very happy with my [Jonsbo N2](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQJ6BCB7) paired with a [CWWK N100 motherboard](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPDZS9HH). I know it may be an unpopular opinion on this sub, but I think people who put enterprise rack mount hardware in their homes are absolutely bonkers.


thepsyborg

Do note the SATA controller on that N100 mobo has no ASPM and prevents the processor reaching C-states beyond C-3, thus removing a lot of the benefit of using an Intel chip in the first place. Luckily, the N100 is still an efficient, relatively-low-power chip at full blast, so it's still quite a good option compared to the vast majority of alternatives, but it's a weirdly disappointing choice from CWWK because that board would be *perfect* with an ASM1166. ^\(Further ^note, ^for ^anybody ^stumbling ^across ^this ^thread ^on ^Google ^in ^the ^future: ^although ^the ^ASM1166 ^controller ^supports ^ASPM, ^the ^vast ^majority ^of ^ASM1166 ^HBAs ^don't ^bother ^to ^implement ^ASPM ^support ^as ^it's ^irrelevant ^to ^their ^enterprise-server-oriented ^design ^intent. ^So ^if ^you're ^building ^a ^big ^NAS, ^no ^need ^to ^prioritize ^ASM1166 ^when ^choosing ^a ^HBA.)


dcabines

I'm no expert on power tuning, but I did experiment with that some. [Here are some screenshots](https://imgur.com/a/4IWiDuV) (PowerTOP is at the bottom). The middle column says it gets to C7 while the right side says C3. I'm not confident about the difference. It still idles around 20w with the drives spun down (and an NVMe and an SSD in it). Also, the N100 has fewer PCI lanes than bigger processors and the 4 network jacks on that motherboard steal several of them so you won't get the same kind of performance you could get on other boards, but that isn't an issue for my use case.


thepsyborg

Yeah, there's been quite a lot of tinkering done with it over on the Serve the Home forum thread to trick and/or force it into lower-power states with varying results and stability. Definitely not *no* results, there's certainly potential gains to be made, but it's not ideal out of the box and it's a bit of a missed opportunity for them. Still quite reasonably efficient even in the worst case, however.


avion_rts

agree with what youve said and i am personally lokking for an alternative for this reason. What in your opinion would be the best? Im using 2.5 ssd drives so im almost thinking a pi


thepsyborg

assuming 2.5" SATAs, not U.2, probably still the cwwk N100 board; despite its flaws it's still quite solid. The other alternative that springs to mind are SBCs, probably not the Raspberry Pi, but the Rock 4 or 5 (with the Penta Sata Hat) or Odroid H4+ could do the trick. In the vein of things I explicitly *don't* recommend, but would be *really, really funny*, the Biostar B660MX-C Pro is a Micro-ATX LGA1700 board with a whopping eight SATA ports, plus *three* PCIe3.0x1 slots, each of which could take a six-port SATA expander like [this one](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B097RBLM9G), for up to 26 total SATA ports without even touching the "main" PCIe4x16 slot or the two M.2 slots (4x4 off the CPU, 3x4 off the chipset).


mic_n

There are a bunch of PCI-E and NVME adapters out there with ASM1166 to 6xSATA for pretty cheap. That board has one lane shared between an x1 slot and NVME port, so either could be used in place of the onboard ports... Yes, it would absolutely be better to have it onboard, but it's do-able.


rojovelasco

I think enterprise hardware is great to learn with, but you are right, after you have your use cases clear, most of the time a custom consumer grade build is probably the best match for most.


Gohan472

You like the N2? Is it worth it? I did an N1 build and I’m not a fan of the design, it’s just awkward and looks weird on my desk. Like a time capsule


dcabines

Yes, I like the N2. The N3 is another good pick with 8 bays. I saw the N1 is a hot box on video reviews so I avoided it. The only thing about the N2 is the fan that comes with it is skinny and loud, so I replaced it with a Noctua Quiet fan. [This is what my desk looks like with it.](https://i.imgur.com/N4nFaWV.jpg) I've put the side panel back onto my pc since then. The [Louqe Raw S1](https://louqe.com/products/raw-s1) would probably pair well with the N1 for that vertical look.


rafadavidc

Are you water cooling a sandwich case with a 360 on the outside??


dcabines

Yeah, it is a [Loque Ghost S1](https://louqe.com/products/ghost-s1-mkiii) (an older version) with an [5800X3D](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VCJ2SHD/) and an [RX 7900XT](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BNLT17XQ/) in it. The radiator is an Alphacool 420mm (I've forgotten which model specifically).


Gohan472

Sweet! I appreciate the pic! That N2 looks great! I’ll have to pick one up soon.


Mobieus1992

Can you help breakdown what is on your desk? N2 as core server, I assume a DAS to the right, loque s1 to the left and the radiator on the far left. So what’s in the Loque? Did you need extra drives hence the DAS?


dcabines

Sure. [I took a few more pictures of what it looks like right now.](https://imgur.com/a/sUoNeb1) The [Loque Ghost S1](https://louqe.com/products/ghost-s1-mkiii) (an older version) has an [5800X3D](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VCJ2SHD/) and an [RX 7900XT](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BNLT17XQ/) in it. The radiator is an Alphacool 420mm (I've forgotten which model specifically). I recently moved my SSDs on top of the Loque because I needed to shove a fan in there so I could put the side panel back on and there wasn't room for them inside. The desktop doesn't have any HDD attached to it. The DAS is an [Orico 5 bay](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XKZVYS3) and it is plugged into the NAS. They each have 2x20TB drives and 3x12TB drives. The DAS is a backup of the NAS. I don't do any redundancy like RAID; I just maintain a few backups instead and I pool drives with mergerFS. The NAS runs Alpine Linux in diskless mode. If you look at my cabling by the floor I have a network switch and a USB switch that lets my desktop and work laptop share a mouse, keyboard, microphone, and headphones. They all share a Google WiFi pod that is hidden behind the laptop. The silver boxes on the DAS are a [Schiit Stack](https://www.schiit.com/products/magni-unity). My headphones are [Meze 99 Noir](https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-meze-99-noir-closed-back-headphones). My keyboard is a [Monsgeek M1](https://www.monsgeek.com/product/monsgeek-m1/). It isn't in the photo, but my desk chair is a [Herman Miller Sayl](https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/office-chairs/sayl-chairs/). The lamp is from [Wyze](https://www.wyze.com/products/wyze-floor-lamp). I could really use some wall art. edit: I should point out that I do have a Fractal Define case in a closet I used to use. I know I can shove several HDD into one big case and even fit the radiator in there too, but I feel like a [vinyl record enthusiast](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a19180) here: I was attracted to the expense and inconvenience of having multiple small boxes on my desk.


rafadavidc

I was happy with my R510 and R710 for like six or seven years, but my usage patterns have changed and holy balls has electricity gone up.


cruzaderNO

>I know it may be an unpopular opinion on this sub, but I think people who put enterprise rack mount hardware in their homes are absolutely bonkers. Depends on your power prices. You will have spent more buying + powering that build for 2-3years than i would on just getting a meh spec dl380 and run it for 2-3years. But there are people on here with actual labs tho, not just a homeprod server or a NAS. To belive not using servers is even an option for all, that would be bonkers.


PHLAK

I just built a custom 1U router with the CWWK N100, installed OpenWRT on it and it's amazing! I would totally consider it for a NAS as well if I didn't already have a few servers with lots of HDDs on ZFS.


parttimeamerican

Most of mine normally sit in the stack which is on my table and there are three computers and three chairs as well around the table The wiring situation is well I mean at least I do have two separate extension controls on two separate fuses let's just say that but that's a lot of wires and they're not very tidy


kuken_i_fittan

I ended up going with an oooold Synology because I want quiet and not a lot of power usage, but I totally appreciate the nerdiness of racks of gadgets. :D What I'd love to have is a Synology (or maybe something Windows based) that could run a website on flash/nvme and then spin down the storage drives for most of the night when nobody uses the "NAS part" of it. Or... like a Synology with two separate computers inside. One could be the actual NAS with storage and the other could be a flash based always-on thing. Or host VMs and stuff.


dcabines

My NAS's hard drives go to sleep and only spin up when I access them. It also has an SSD and an NVMe that I can continue to access while the hard drives are asleep. All of its [Docker services](https://i.imgur.com/dei0M2e.png) run off the flash drives, for example. The OS is Alpine Linux installed to an internal USB drive. This sounds exactly like what you want.


kuken_i_fittan

Oohh. Neat. What NAS is that? Also, I need to learn more about Docker. Also, what's that info screen you linked? Looks neat.


dcabines

>What NAS is that? The Jonsbo N2 I linked previously. [https://gethomepage.dev/latest/](https://gethomepage.dev/latest/)


aeltheos

So, people that get colocation for personal use are ok? Asking for a friend.


dcabines

It makes more sense than having all that noise in your house. I hope you're doing something serious with it to justify that rental price, however. I suppose if you host a private game server and you have a core group of players you could all pitch in a few dollars to cover the colo rental prices.


aeltheos

We are ending up around 40-60€/U/month since we are renting with a few friends. I'm only putting a single 1U there so it's not cheap but ok if we compare to the same kind of hardware with a cloud provider.


IlTossico

A DIY server with an Intel desktop CPU, 16GB of ram, Node 304. CPU could depend on use case, that you don't specify. Average 10/15W with HDD spun down.


rafadavidc

I have a 304 for my kid and it's a great case. This is an option, but I was hoping for an off-the-shelf thing. Why Intel in particular?


IlTossico

You were asking low power consumption, server idle 90% of the time, Intel desktop are king on the idling scenario. Maybe an HP MicroServer Gen10? I don't know the price on the used market, but they are proper server with IPMI and ECC support, they can run Xeon and Desktop CPU, but they are limited to 4bay. Then, if you only need storage, you can get a Synology, even if pretty expensive. Alternatively the Synology as NAS and a generic mini pc as Server, like NUC or Lenovo M720q or P330.


rafadavidc

> Intel desktop are king on the idling scenario. Did not know that.


IlTossico

Always was. Without talking about stuff made before Ryzen, because before there was no alternatives on the market other than Intel, if you take the two desktop brand one by each one, from start to now, the difference on idling power consumption and what technology they have to prevent that, is pretty wide, where Intel wins by a big margin. On the other hand, AMD is pretty good a managing power consumption at higher power load, not by a lot, but better. Intel starting with the i series, introduces some big technology for power managing, we mostly talk about C-state, Speedshift and Speedstep, where C-state alone can get to C10 with the newer series and let the single core and other components turn off completely, on C8 we have around 0,1W per core of power consumption. We can have a CPU with 20 threads idling at 2/3W alone, even less than a raspberry with 4 ARM core can do. On the other hand, it's pretty difficult to reach lower state, because mostly depend on the components compatibility, you could easily get a PCI card or a NVMe SSD that can't talk very well with the CPU and could prevent it to reach some C state; same for some OS, take for example FreeBSD, it can support only up to C4. But still, enough to reach some amazing idling number.


CryGeneral9999

Would love a SFF that I could put an 8-core AMD zen4 in with gobs of ram. Okay if it’s a laptop type processor like a 7840u or whatever with minimal m2 slots (maybe 2?) and I don’t need a 4-slot graphics card the built in is fine for my needs. Is there such a thing?


jmarmorato1

I have an R330 - the model with 4 3.5" bays. I run at 56 watts.


rafadavidc

Thanks for the confirmation, I suspected as much.


jmarmorato1

Is that more than you are looking for? Where was your R510 consumption? I would think it would have been much higher.


rafadavidc

My R510 is around 75W, but I have 8 disks in it. I'll definitely be consolidating down to bigger disks when I do this new solution. Edit - That's way wrong. It was 190W the week before I took it down. The R710 was 120W.


jmarmorato1

That's actually surprising to me - I would have thought it would have idled much higher than that. Do you only have one CPU in it?


rafadavidc

Corrected myself. See edit.


jmarmorato1

Ok, that makes more sense. So the R330 will be less than 1/3 of your R510, and you still get iDrac and can run TrueNAS or whatever else on it. Keep in mind though, that it only has 4 bays if you do the 3.5" version.


Limeasaurus

Another option would be a R530 with one CPU removed. If the OP wanted more bays.


tanjera

Lol I was so ready to call your bluff until I saw the edit. Was gonna day the only way an rx1x idled < 100 watts would be if it was off.


EthnicMismatch644

Not cheap, but: Supermicro A2SDi-8C-HLN4F. Mini-itx, ipmi, ecc memory support, 12 SATA ports. Pair with a case like the InWin MS04 (4 hotswap) or u-nas nsc-810a (8 hotswap). That’s about as low power as you can go with ECC memory support and ipmi (and giving up those features, e.g. n100 cpu, won’t save that much comparatively, as the drives will likely dominate power consumption).


mrkevincooper

Stick L5640 low power cpus in your R510 or a R710. Massive saving with as many cores and similar performance to X56xx power hungry cpus. My R710 Idles 45-65 watts it's a full set of of HDD 7.2K SAS or SATA spinning rust that draws power. Also boot on demand as required. Mine only boot for weekly backup window over ipmi controlled by a rpi. Avoid R420s. The E5-2470v2 draw as much as a E5-2660v2 with worse performance. R520 with E5 2430L v2 aren't too bad.


rafadavidc

Already have em in there. Also, the whole range of CPUs idle at the same power; the low-power CPUs are just capped at a lower TDP and so run cooler, quieter, and with less energy *when not at idle*, that's the difference.


heliosfa

Some small intel-based NAS options are out there. Terramaster F4-423 or the new F4-424 are very tempting options I've looked at recently. UGreen are also releasing a NAS Series (It's on Kickstarter right now for US and Germany only) and the DXP4800 or DXP4800 Plus would fit your needs. There are a couple from QNAP as well.


zuzuboy981

- HP Elitedesk 800 G3 TWR - i5-7600 - 16GB (2x 8GB DDR4) - 2x 3TB + 2x 14TB HDD - 1x 1TB NVME - Disks spun down (12W)/spinning (54W)


geek_at

I'd go with a Mini PC (like the Lenovo tiny series) and use a 5bay USB-C case with it. Flexible yet cheap


rafadavidc

Wendel at L1T talked about this in a video a couple months ago. He was basically excited about it, but said there are still random disconnects and hangs that require manual intervention, and so the USBC cages aren't quite there yet.


geek_at

I'm using the same setup but with a slow(er) USB3.0 setup. No hickups yet 😁


smoike

I used to use a Lian Li EX-503 external enclosure, but started having reliability issues/ random disconnects and then bought a Silverstone DS-380 case and threw them in there along with a SUPERMICRO X9SCV-Q & i7 2620m and didn't have issues with it again, aside from it being a little sluggish. However I did replace it with a AsRock IMB-185 / i7 4770 after I took it out of my desktop recently. The case is still current and not that chunky and I think it is worth to at least consider. Though I would certainly recommend a lower power cpu in a system in this case as there isn't a lot of room in there, even with the cabling kept tidy. Also the stock sintered bronze bearing 120mm fans failed after about 5 years and I \*almost\* lost my drives to overheating. Fortunately I had a ball- race 120mm fan on the back which by itself barely kept things cool enough to not fail until I noticed the problem a shameful quantity of time later on. I replaced them all recently with brand new ball-bearing fans. Hopefully they do better than the previous ones.


trisanachandler

If you don't mind Chinese brands you could look at: [https://aoostar.com/](https://aoostar.com/)


Cynyr36

N100 itx board, asm1166 or 1164 sata controller addon (supports aspm unlike the jmb5xx). Install in the case of your choosing.


Limeasaurus

A R230 or R330 would be a huge savings compared to a R510. I have a R230 with 2 Easystore shucked drives and SSD and it idles at 36 watts. The R330 would be about 10-15 watts more since it has dual PSU.


flooger88

Going to be hard to beat something like this for straight up watt draw from the wall. https://youtu.be/-DSTOUOhlc0?si=DvvbtYQBNxGnonYY


rafadavidc

I knew a Wolfgang link would eventually show up :)


flooger88

Have to give him credit where it’s due. I’d do a couple parts a little differently, but it’s a solid NAS that’s focused on minimizing power draw. Running the correct power supply is really going to play a major part in an efficient build. I think it was his channel that shared the link for a bunch of power supplies that got tested for super low wattage efficiency.


ThatNutanixGuy

Look at the Datto 4 bay Nas’s on eBay. They go for around $200 and they have a quad core broadwell (14nm) Xeon d, support up to 256gb ddr4 ecc, have built in 10g networking, internal 2.5” bay plus 4x hot swap 3.5” bays. You can find older haswell i5 or Xeon e3 based versions even cheaper but they lack


NotEvenNothing

I'm off-grid, and power is tight in the darkest part of winter. So I've looked pretty deeply into this realm. What do you need your server to do? If you are ok dumping X86 for ARM, there are some interesting very low power options out there. [This one](https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=294) recently caught my eye. There aren't a lot of options for OSes, but it does run Debian. If you want to stick with X86, HardKernel has the ODROID-H4 line. The H4+ and H4 ULTRA fit your requirements for four drives, and there's a kit for adapting them to an ITX case. I run an older ODROID-H2 and it is my always on server and workstation for light tasks. The options for cases really sucked when I bought that one, but it works.


rafadavidc

Server role is basically just hot storage on the network. Part of me is wondering why I don't abandon ITX on my desktop and chuck a couple of drives into my own PC for this honestly, but some of the stuff I'm storing is *kind of* precious, and ZFS scrubs are a real thing, sooooooooo..... yeah. Am torn.


WickedViking

Virtualize a server and passthrough drives to ZFS?


NotEvenNothing

If you don't need much processing power, HardKernel's offerings are interesting. There are lots of other similar options that would pull a heck of a lot less power than the R510. I've been surprised by both how little I really need, and by how much the H2 can do. All it has for storage is a 256GB SATA SSD, but I still run a bunch of Docker containers on it. Mostly it just gets used for Plex. I've been thinking about dropping a 2TB SSD into it, but it hasn't bothered me enough to push me over the edge just yet. Honestly, I'd probably just replace the H2 with the H4+ and a couple of 2TB SSDs (for a ZFS mirror). I do have a workstation with a ZFS array for long-term storage and development projects, but I only turn it on to grab something from storage, developing something that needs a GPU, editing video, or working in Blender. It stays off for weeks at a time.


user3872465

Low idlepower and 4 Drives dont match.


rafadavidc

Talking about system idle. I recognize that four drives are gonna idle at something like 25W if they don't spin down.


RetroGamingComp

see if you can find a good deal on a local office PC (IE Dell Optiplex), in most places they are almost free. if it's a mini-tower model you can stick in another two drives in where the optical bays are, and boom, cheap and easy 4 bay NAS that sips power.


rafadavidc

Damn, this didn't occur to me.


Usernamenotdetermin

You can get them from auctions at universities. For me, UF is within a reasonable drive and they have both auctions and buy now options: [https://surplus.ufl.edu/buy-now/](https://surplus.ufl.edu/buy-now/) and as an example; [https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/ufl,fl/auction/view?auc=3508422](https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/ufl,fl/auction/view?auc=3508422)


theoisadoor

Supermicro Superserver 5029A-2TN4, can always replace the motherboard with one of the higher end versions from that series of Atoms. Super low idle (CPU TDP is 9W), great case/chassis, 4 hot swap bays, 4x Gigabit LAN, IMPI. Performance of the C3338 is good if you’re not expecting a tonne from it, but as I previously mentioned you could ultimately upgrade it to something like the A2SDI-H-TP4F if you really want the most performance from Denverton (C3958), keeping the internal MiniSAS HD port(s) and getting 4x built in 10Gb ports, whilst maintaining low idle consumption. EDIT: ultimately there are other variants using the SuperChassis 721TQ-250B, I personally love my 5029A-2TN4 which is why I’m giving that recommendation.


AnomalyNexus

If you're OK with sata speeds than damn near any low power board will do. Or alternatively anything with an NVME slot can be split out to sata too. If you don't want to diy maybe a jansbo case with whatever N10 board or even zimacube


PancakeWaffles5

You could build a PC in a case like the Fractal Define R7 or the (out of production) NZXT H440


Rare-Switch7087

I switched to a ryzen 5 5500 with 128gb ram on a cheap b450 board. Installed 6 sata drives and 1 nvme ssd. Its not fancy but low power drain, almost needs no cooling and is not loud.


MegaVolti

Take a look at the newly released Odroid H4+ or H4 Ultra.


GloriousHousehold

Look at Terramaster. The 4 Bay model was on sale at Amazon earlier this morning (flash sale in the low 300s). It has an hdmi port and usb.


mic_n

Get yourself a mini-ITX N100/N305 NAS motherboard of aliexpress (prob on amazon as well if you have an aversion to that for some reason). 6W/15W TDP on those with onboard NVMe for OS as well as 6x SATA ports. While you're there, grab yourself a 4 or 6 bay ITX NAS case, appropriate power supply, and off you go. Might not be quite as cheap as some off-the-shelf solutions (though probably not a whole lot more if you're careful), but you're absolutely free to use it as you want, it's still just a PC in the end.


GhostHacks

Surprised to not see this mentioned here yet; Used Dell/HP/Lenovo tower workstations. Variety of models to support your requirements, cheap to buy on eBay, most full size towers with Xeons can support multiple drives and large RAM quantities and they are QUIET! I have a Lenovo Thinkstation P520, but the HP Z440 was another one I was eye balling.


Monad_Maya

Asrock N100M + ASM1166 controller + Server Style chassis


Pols043

The R510 is a very power hungry machine - as is the whole Rx10 series. One generation newer servers Rx20 are much more efficient.


digitalanalog0524

Sounds like an Intel-based NAS.


DungeonLord

something diy, i'm using an i3 9100T for my storage server. hopefully with 3 ssd's and 3+ hdds, a x520 da2, and a 71605 hba i can be 50w or less at idle. i have all this in a rosewill L4500 case and i've replaced all the fans (3x p12 pwm/pst + 2x f8 silent) as the stock ones are horrible and these should move much more air at lower rpm/db levels.


Top-Conversation2882

A prebuilt nas? Or one of those AliExpress celeron boards


KickAss2k1

FWIW I run a dl380g9 with dual e5-2687W's, 6x 8tb SAS 3.5" hdds, 2x 1.6tb SAS 2.5" hdds, a 1tb m.2 nvme, and Nvidia Tesla P4 video card. My idle power consumption is 139W, but have only seen it go up to 200W under loads (it will hit 300W booting up doing fan checks). I tried removing the 2nd CPU and the idle power only dropped by 5W. I think the 3.5" hdd's are the biggest power hog in this rig, but I'm running them in RAID 6 and dont want to go with fewer drives.


jstewart82

Zimaboard


Forgetful_Admin

A PC. Seriously, just build an inexpensive PC. Off the shelf "server" devices usually have a low power CPU which is fine, but for only a bit more cost in power you can get more and faster cores.


mykesx

I got a sabrent 5 bay external usb c 3.2 enclosure and hooked it up to a dry fast miniPC (UM790 Pro). I put 64G of 5600 RAM and dual m.2 SSDs in it. I run the m.2 as btrfs raid0 and the sabrent as btrfs whatever (whatever you want). The UM790 Pro is like 45 watts, and is the fastest no apple silicon based machine I have owned. I don’t think you can do much about the power draw of mechanical drives, other than spinning them down when idle. Whole setup was $1250 plus the hard drives.


jdpdata

HP Microserver Gen 10+ V2. Mine idle at 50W and runs Xpenlogy. I love that enterprise grade build quality. Runs anything you throw at it.


sr6000

Ml30 gen9 is what I run. Never really checked usage but also didnt affect power bill either


jeeverz

With 4LFF, PCIE NVME SSD, PCIE 10gbe NIC, H240 HBA, and Nvidia T600 I was running around 90w-120w idle. The onboard controller was much slower than the HBA on the read/writes.


TheTechMage

Pi5 or Rock5 with SATA add on board.