I don't like the product names (Gank, etc) either......but an affordable Z97 Mini-ITX with an Intel NIC is something I would like to have. Too bad they couldn't have fit an sixth SATA port in there though.
Five sata ports are still pretty good, though without expansion slots it would be too limited for my needs.
Does anyone here have suggestions for a good MB and case for a media server with 8 sata drives? My Unraid server sometimes becomes unresponsive, and is doing poorly at preventing data loss, so I'm looking to build a 2nd server on a different OS.
5 ports on the board suggests that there is (or at least was planned to be) a version with an eSATA port; and that they only did 5 ports on board to minimize the differences between variants.
"...and an M.2 slot for WiFi/Bluetooth only." -- What is preventing you from putting an M.2 SSD in there? Just the form factor (it's the smallest M.2 size and no SSD's in that size..?) or something else?
I have never seen a M.2 wifi card either, but it seems like a logical idea, I mean the M.2 connector is smallerlower profile than the mPCIe connector, and obviously it provides PCIe (up to x4)
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ChadnSteff - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
Its ECS. Who cares? Oh btw, a tween from 1998 called and wants their lame phrases back ECS. No more lame product names.Computer Bottleneck - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
I don't like the product names (Gank, etc) either......but an affordable Z97 Mini-ITX with an Intel NIC is something I would like to have. Too bad they couldn't have fit an sixth SATA port in there though.JeffFlanagan - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
Five sata ports are still pretty good, though without expansion slots it would be too limited for my needs.Does anyone here have suggestions for a good MB and case for a media server with 8 sata drives? My Unraid server sometimes becomes unresponsive, and is doing poorly at preventing data loss, so I'm looking to build a 2nd server on a different OS.
DanNeely - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
5 ports on the board suggests that there is (or at least was planned to be) a version with an eSATA port; and that they only did 5 ports on board to minimize the differences between variants.extide - Friday, June 6, 2014 - link
"...and an M.2 slot for WiFi/Bluetooth only." -- What is preventing you from putting an M.2 SSD in there? Just the form factor (it's the smallest M.2 size and no SSD's in that size..?) or something else?I have never seen a M.2 wifi card either, but it seems like a logical idea, I mean the M.2 connector is smallerlower profile than the mPCIe connector, and obviously it provides PCIe (up to x4)