Hi:
First i would like to give an idea of what i have and what i want to do.
I currently have a synology DS716+II with an expansion unit (DX510) used mainly to backup of the 716 files.
I also have a Del R320 server where there are running about 7 VM (mainly ubuntu server machines) in vmware EXSi, with 48GB of RAM and 2*1TB SSD drives. It's not a bad system, but however i want to migrate this to a xpenology system, due to the fact that management is more easily performed in Synology VMM. Also, i'm trying to increase the processing power and reduce the consumption power. The Dell system has a Xeon E5-2470 v2 processor and has a constant power consumption around 56W (which is not bad).
So the idea was to built a xpenology system that would replace the DX510 expansion unit and will all receive the 2 SSD from the Dell server to run the VM.
The minimum requirements are:
A faster CPU than the Xeon E5-2470v2, but more power efficient
A motherboard capable of supporting at least 64GB RAM or more (the number of VM can increase in the future)
A motherboard with at least 2 gigabit interfaces, so i can bundle them. More network interfaces, better. Above 1Gbps is not required, since my switch only supports gigabit speed. As an alternative, i can buy a 2 port pci-e network adapter.
At least 6 SATA ports.
There's no need to the motherboard be itx. It can be any size.
I've already tried the topton N6005 board, but returned it. The processing power was not the expected and at the time there where some problems when running the VM (this could be my fault, because the exporting/import process of the VM did not go very well. I did not know that synology Active Backup for Bussiness could do all the work with a few steps).
So, let the ideas come.
Regards.