Towards the end of 2015 Intel's new server chip the Xeon D became available so i picked up a Supermicro board with one of these to build as a FreeNAS server. It turns out they are perfect for a small FreeNAS build as you get enterprise grade hardware at a good price and a board that supports plenty of RAM for ZFS to use. Supermicro also have Mini-ITX configurations so it can all be crammed into a nice small case.

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