I have DS115j and DS216j and would like to upgrade
what I want
- SFP+ with ability to switch to 10Gbaset later (I have a switch with SFP+ now so everything within the rack in the basement would easily connect , while my house is wired for cat6)
- at least 4 bays
- prefer to stay within synology/qnap brands
- would like to keep this under $100 per bay (without HDD) if possible
- rack mounted is ok if the premium is <50% over same hardware in desktop version
so I looked at Synology lines first and am not seeing great hardware choices
- 10G is not built in
- where 10G is optional , it is far above my desired budget
- anything I see with Intel CPU does not have SFP+
QNAP looks much better for hardware , however I can not find good match either
- the X line (951x, 932x, 963x) look right but are fixed to their perspective 10G choices and do not have a PCI slot to later put in an upgrade card. I also do not know how well Unifi would run in ARM on 932X
- 832X is 8 bays, cheap, ARM, SFP+ built in, with PCI slot to put the card for later. this is probably the closest to what I want. is there something like this with non-arm CPU?
what I want
- SFP+ with ability to switch to 10Gbaset later (I have a switch with SFP+ now so everything within the rack in the basement would easily connect , while my house is wired for cat6)
- at least 4 bays
- prefer to stay within synology/qnap brands
- would like to keep this under $100 per bay (without HDD) if possible
- rack mounted is ok if the premium is <50% over same hardware in desktop version
- run unifi controller on always on device (behind the UPS)
so I looked at Synology lines first and am not seeing great hardware choices
- 10G is not built in
- where 10G is optional , it is far above my desired budget
- anything I see with Intel CPU does not have SFP+
QNAP looks much better for hardware , however I can not find good match either
- the X line (951x, 932x, 963x) look right but are fixed to their perspective 10G choices and do not have a PCI slot to later put in an upgrade card. I also do not know how well Unifi would run in ARM on 932X
- 832X is 8 bays, cheap, ARM, SFP+ built in, with PCI slot to put the card for later. this is probably the closest to what I want. is there something like this with non-arm CPU?