Free

In the spirit of the EconoNAS, the EconoTier is intended to be a better bang-for-buck bargain. 

<ul>
<li>Access to the exclusive content I'll be creating and sharing on Patreon.</li>
<li>An invitation to the Butter What?! Discord server.</li>
</ul>

EconoTier

<ul>
<li>Access to the exclusive content I'll be creating and sharing on Patreon.</li>
<li>A 16GB USB Drive with Brian's Face on it</li>
<li>Your very own Brian's-face sticker.</li>
<li>An invitation to the Butter What?! Discord server.</li>
</ul>

Base Tier

I'm creating this tier for the people who have more money than "cents" (sic) and wish to pledge even more and get exactly the same thing back as the Base Tier. 
 
If you're excited about the content I'm creating, or the goals I've laid out to achieving, or you simply want to see me find a way to turn my digital media empire into a full-time gig,  this is the tier for you! 

As a member of this tier,  you'll get: 
 
<ul>
<li>Access to the exclusive content I'll be creating and sharing on Patron.</li>
<li>A 16GB USB Drive with Brian's Face on it</li>
<li>Your very own Brian's-face sticker.</li>
<li>An invitation to the Butter What?! Discord server.</li>
</ul>

More Money Than Cents

Brian's 16GB USB Drive

Behind-the-scenes content

In tinkering around with Patreon,  I was a little excited about the polling option to discuss/tease the components for the next DIY NAS edition. While I'm always keeping my eye out for hardware to use in the next DIY NAS build,  I paid special attention this weekend to motherboards which could be used in the upcoming NAS build.   Here's a few that I've looked at so far,  what do you think?  Make your choice below!<ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-A2SDi-2C-HLN4F-Mini-ITX-Motherboard/dp/B07BX7HL1P//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=diynas2018-20&amp;linkId=a3d958231b9dbbd8354db30e19206a51" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Supermicro AS2Di-2C-HLN4F</a> (<a href="https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/atom/A2SDi-2C-HLN4F.cfm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">specs</a>):  Atom C3338, 8xSATA3, 4x1GbE</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Motherboard-MB10-DS1-Express-Mini-ITX/dp/B01CVKKM1I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=diynas2018-20&amp;linkId=975b2835d1cb315c5b2168cbe01b701d" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gigabyte MB10-DS1</a> (<a href="https://b2b.gigabyte.com/Server-Motherboard/MB10-DS1-rev-10#ov" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">specs</a>): Xeon D-1520, 6xSATA3, 2x1GbE</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-Mini-ITX-D-1521-Motherboard-X10SDV-4C-TLN2F/dp/B015FWP4B2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=diynas2018-20&amp;linkId=d354187e3e37b2e7582274cd994933ec" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Supermicro X10SDV-4C-TLN2F </a>  (<a href="https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/D/X10SDV-4C-TLN2F.cfm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">specs</a>): Xeon D-1521, 6xSATA3, 2x10GbE</li> <li>ASRock Rack C3758D4I-D4L (<a href="http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C3758D4I-4L#Specifications" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">specs</a>): Atom C3758, 12xSATA3, 1x1GbE, Not Available Yet? </li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-X10SDV-4C-TLN4F-Mini-ITX-Motherboard/dp/B01FYD9U1C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=diynas2018-20&amp;linkId=bd517b1bc3a1184fafdcb1b743fc4d15" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Supermicro X10SDV-4C+-TLN4F</a> (<a href="http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/D/X10SDV-4C_-TLN4F.cfm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">specs</a>): Xeon D-1518, 6xSATA3, 2x10GbE, 2x1GbE</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-MBD-A2SDI-4C-HLN4F-A2SDI-4C-HLN4F-EMBEDDED-DENVERTON/dp/B077BT1DRT//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=diynas2018-20&amp;linkId=edff7ef36d41eb8a1238e840b900c14e" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F</a> (<a href="https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/atom/A2SDi-4C-HLN4F.cfm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">specs</a>) Atom C3558, 8xSATA3, 4x1GbE, Not Available Yet?</li></ul><img data-media-id="10146752" src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/19939607/8064dd0d10e04abf828e6e27b3327693/eyJwIjoxLCJ3ZWJwIjowfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1714780800&token-hash=7PIA9kwt6PT1Jc8Ecv-K17sTGawPHHXW3ILLrpSu0I0%3D">

Over the weekend,  I did serious motherboard shopping for the DIY NAS: 2018 Edition.  I found a few contenders,  which do you like best?

Poll: Motherboard for the DIY NAS: 2018 Edition

Brian Moses

I have to stand by my choice, so I go with the A2SDi-4C-HLN4F. I don't foresee a need for 10 GE anytime soon and with LAGG I now have 4 GE uplink to my switch - and a fifth interface for IPMI. I am however getting short on ports in my 24+4 port switch. I only plan to use my NAS for NAS and Plex and I believe my A2SDi-8C-HLN4F with 32 GB memory will be sufficient for that, but time will show.

ILO/iDRAC ie FULL remote control from power on is essential to me.  I *need* to be able to fix this from far away.

Other -- Make a suggestion in the comments!

I think you wound up making a pretty good choice!  Your ports-on-the-switch is a reasonable thing to point out.  In your shoes,  I'd be tempted to just run a network cable directly between my PC and the NAS and not have anything in between,  a dedicated network for just my primary PC and my NAS.

But I'm biased,  that's how I chose to implement my inexpensive faster-than-Gigabit network!

Considering my NAS is just feet away, I'm in a different boat. But I've *LOVED* having IPMI when building/blogging about these machines. While I may not consider it a requirement, but it's almost a must-have luxury for me!

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