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Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move (www.servethehome.com)
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[–] NonWonderDog@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It’s not TOO hard to build a 5- or 8- drive mini-ITX system, and I like my Jonsbo case well enough.

Main issues:

  1. mini-ITX server motherboards are expensive (even asrock-rack).
  2. mini-ITX server motherboards use OCuLink to connect hard drives. The cables aren’t sold to consumers, and there are two wiring standards for OCuLink-SATA cables that are unmarked (I got lucky on ebay).
  3. mini-ITX server motherboards use unbuffered ECC ram in a laptop form factor, which is very specific and again expensive.

So the technical barriers are real.