Storaxa kickstarter

[CSOL]

 

I think this would make a kickass xpenology box, either native or through virtualisation.

 

2 versions will be offered, either intel N6005 or AMD 5800U/5825U. The 5 sata are on a JMB585 controller. 

 

What do people think?

 

[pocopico]

Nice format but a bit pricey. 

1 hour ago, CSOL said:

 

I think this would make a kickass xpenology box, either native or through virtualisation.

 

2 versions will be offered, either intel N6005 or AMD 5800U/5825U. The 5 sata are on a JMB585 controller. 

 

What do people think?

 

 

[CSOL]

2 minutes ago, pocopico said:

Nice format but a bit pricey. 

 

 

I think at 234EUR inc delivery it is good value, NAS cases like that go for 100+ last time I checked, this includes RAM, motherboard and a boot SSD.

 

The motherboard is this:

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004880301486.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt

[Eduardo]

I went for it. Just hesitating. Should I stay on Intel N6005 default option or upgrade to AMD Ryzen 7 5800U? Not sure about best option for XPEnology.

[CSOL]

Either would be ok I think, they just offered additional intel options as well.

 

I have pledged also, but I have my doubts whether it will materialise or not...

 

[maxime]

Did anyone of you use this mainboard for baremetal or virtualized XPEnology DSM 7.X?

[CSOL]

Ask me again on June (hopefully) when they get delivered.

 

They changed the design for the AMD system and instead of 1 sata from the CPU + 5 from another controller there are now 6 from the same controller.

 

This means more lanes for the onboard nvme but you can no longer boot from SATA if you want to pass through the controller. Suits me fine as I have an SSD volume anyway for docker Plex and whatever accesses the system regularly, makes a big difference in noise. Also the design is 5x3.5 +1x2.5 anyway so all good.

 

[maxime]

On 4/1/2023 at 3:04 PM, CSOL said:

Ask me again on June (hopefully) when they get delivered.

 

They changed the design for the AMD system and instead of 1 sata from the CPU + 5 from another controller there are now 6 from the same controller.

 

This means more lanes for the onboard nvme but you can no longer boot from SATA if you want to pass through the controller. Suits me fine as I have an SSD volume anyway for docker Plex and whatever accesses the system regularly, makes a big difference in noise. Also the design is 5x3.5 +1x2.5 anyway so all good.

 

Have you a link for the AMD system mainboard?

[CSOL]

[maxime]

22 minutes ago, CSOL said:

Is this mainboard on sale? Have you a link?

[CSOL]

I think it's a custom order so no link.

[asaf]

On 4/1/2023 at 4:04 PM, CSOL said:

Ask me again on June (hopefully) when they get delivered.

 

They changed the design for the AMD system and instead of 1 sata from the CPU + 5 from another controller there are now 6 from the same controller.

 

This means more lanes for the onboard nvme but you can no longer boot from SATA if you want to pass through the controller. Suits me fine as I have an SSD volume anyway for docker Plex and whatever accesses the system regularly, makes a big difference in noise. Also the design is 5x3.5 +1x2.5 anyway so all good.

 

 

It's almost September now.

Any news?...

[CSOL]

Like all things Kickstarter they revised the timetable, they are saying they are on schedule to ship by the end of this month. They have shown AMD motherboard samples and case, you can see all updates at the storaxa Reddit.