which MB for a NAS (4 HDD (data) & 1 SSD (system))

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   hello everyone,

finaly want to build my own NAS with 4 HDDs (4x 2TB with Raid5 which should give me a nice 6TB storage).
For the system (TrueNAS) of course a SSD.
So I was thinking of the ASRock J4125-ITX, but it seems I can not connect a SSD on the M.2 (E-Key) port?!! - Is that right? - only for WiFi/BT?!
alternative can I use the PCIe port? Actually this was planned for a 2.5Gbit Lan upgrade late.. but optional.
Any - cheap - alternative board possible?

I've seen some page where this board is recomended as a fairly cheap MB for a NAS as it is very engery-efficient.

Would love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks
Wakonda

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wakonda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakonda Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: which MB for a NAS (4 HDD (data) & 1 SSD (system)) Posted: 19 Jan 2023 at 3:17am
	hello everyone, finaly want to build my own NAS with 4 HDDs (4x 2TB with Raid5 which should give me a nice 6TB storage). For the system (TrueNAS) of course a SSD. So I was thinking of the ASRock J4125-ITX, but it seems I can not connect a SSD on the M.2 (E-Key) port?!! - Is that right? - only for WiFi/BT?! alternative can I use the PCIe port? Actually this was planned for a 2.5Gbit Lan upgrade late.. but optional. Any - cheap - alternative board possible? I've seen some page where this board is recomended as a fairly cheap MB for a NAS as it is very engery-efficient. Would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks Wakonda

wakonda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakonda Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 2023 at 3:41am
	OK - I found this post: https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?FID=11&TID=17295&PN=1 where the solution could be a converter from the internal USB3.0 port (19-pin) to a SATA port for the SSD. Anyone can confirm this? Alternate solutions? br Wakonda

wakonda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2023 Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote wakonda Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 2023 at 4:38pm
	No way to find an usb 3.0 internal adapter to sata.. any alternative here? anyone? br wakonda