Guide: Build a low-budget Home Server 2U Rackmount NAS with mainboard CW-NAS-WL
Photos: Pictures to see how it looks assembled.
Mainboard: CW-NAS-WL This motherboard is a small Mini ITX, has a specific white color, has 8 SATA outputs for hard drives, it comes with a Core i5 8265U processor, has two M.2 slots for SSDs, it is possible to add a third M.2 SSD to the PCIe x4 slot with an M.2 adapter or to put a 10G SFP+ LAN card in that PCIe slot. The board has two integrated 2.5GbE LAN ports, and it also has a slot for a micro SD card. It has two USB 3.0 ports on the back panel, but the motherboard also has a USB 3.0 output, for connectors located on the front panel of the server case.
Motherboard being tested before being inserted into a 2U Rackmount NAS enclosure.
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