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euuuugh i need to retire some of the x86 home servers i think... want to move to using aarch64 as much as possible (both bc x86 sucks, and perf/watt is so much better... the x86 machines run so hot) but any ARM stuff that's actually decent perf-wise is so expensive :(

4/2/26, 11:33 am0 reposts4 likes

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@catstret.ch

4 Feb

ideally i'd want to find an mITX aarch64 board with 10Gbit+ networking (ideally 25Gbit), and a PCIe x4 slot for a SAS HBA, to put in a 1U enclosure and hook up to a drive shelf for all my storage needs. currently my storage is handled by a 4U Broadwell-based supermicro with no fan speed control...

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@catstret.ch

4 Feb

one of the boards that would be perfect is the SolidRun Honeycomb LX2 (or one of the NXP LX2160 reference design boards) but they're basically unobtainium from what i can tell these days

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@catstret.ch

4 Feb

and then compute-wise, getting a couple M1 Mac Minis (ones with the 10GbE NIC) and putting linux on them is probably the best thing in terms of performance per dollar atm?