[New build : Intel or AMD, hardware transcoding, Nas case and LinusTech video]

Hi Everyone

 

I have been renting a dedicated server in a data center for almost 8 years with ESXi and my Xpenology inside, did a couple of migrations from different datacenters during those 8 years, it was an amazing setup, I never lost any data and it was the fastest Synology I ever had. My official Synology at home has almost 10 years now and DSM is quite slow.  But now I want to build a new bare-metal Xpenology !! 

 

It started because of THIS video from Linustech : https://youtu.be/boKmZKTKXHc?t=34  and makes me obsessed to make a new "sexy build" with, I hope, the latest CPU to keep this setup for a long time. So a few questions came to my mind and I already did some research but the answers are not so satisfying, mostly in terms of choice for new hardware. So I am asking your experience if you have some tips to go on the good track. 

 

For the hardware, I am hesitating between intel or AMD, but when I read the compatibility with the gen 11 from intel, look like there is some problem and if I want to enjoy the Dual M2 slot on the mini-itx MB I have to use gen 11th to unlock the second M2 slot which is not the case with AMD, the 2 x M.2 slot are accessible with all CPU. There is the two configs I am hesitating : 

 

AMD
Asus ROG STRIX B550-I or GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD B550I AORUS PRO
Ryzen 5 5600G (has a gpu for the hardware transcoding)
16gb ram ddr4 (ECC if possible)
4 or 5 HDD 8tb in raid
Case JONSBO N1 (I really love this one)
M.2 SSD cache (maybe minimum 128gb)
M.2 sata port extension

 

Or 

 

Intel  
ASUS ROG STRIX B560-I GAMING (or ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-I GAMING but a bit expensive)
Proc :  any 11th gen that you recommend
12 gb ram (ECC if possible)
Same case, M2  and HDD of the AMD config

 

Do you have any recommendations on which configuration to choose? and do you have experience with hardware transcoding on some similar setup? 
I want to go as much as possible on the bare-metal solution to enjoy the cache SSD but any advice on the ESXI part is welcome  

 

thank you for your time guys. 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

[Introduce yourself here]

Hi Guys, 

 

My name is arnaud. I already been using Xpenology more than 7 years now on esxi but I want to build a bare metal now so I will need some hardware advices hehe

 

cheers

[DSM 7.0.1-42218]

On 3/12/2022 at 5:01 PM, _l0_0l_ said:

- Outcome of the update: SUCCESSFUL

- DSM version prior update: DSM 6.2.3-25426 Update 2 (JUN'S LOADER v1.04b - DS918+)

- Loader version and model: RedPill DS3622xs+ v7.0.1-42218 Beta

- Using custom extra.lzma: NO

- Installation type: BAREMETAL - Gigabyte Z590 VISION G, i9 11900t - NIC: Intel X540-T2 (using rp-ext driver)

- Additional comments: Z590 onboard NIC not working as there is no driver yet (Intel i225). When using RedPill loader, sata port mapping is required for this Z590, I'm using this config DiskIdxMap=0006 SataPortMap=66 SasIdxMap=0 as there are 6 sata port on the board and 6 port pcie sata card.

all your cores and threads are recognized ?