Great board for the small home server

Very good server board with IPMI management. But to fully understand the configuration of all 3 LAN ports extends a computer science degree and work as an IT consultant manifestly insufficient. For home use, however, associated with some tinkering but then a configuration that works and is safe. But all other settings were preparing not a problem, the setting and monitoring capabilities should hardly leave to be desired. The remote control via IPMI via Java Plug-in is a bit annoying, because the plug-in is signed with a self-signed certificate.

I run the board with a Core i3, 16 GB ECC RAM and the radiator Noctua NH-L9i CPU cooler for socket 1155/1156, which fits exactly on the board (no millimeter too much or too little space), 5 SATA hard drives A 4 terabytes, the operating system (FreeNAS) on a USB flash drive directly to the Board, in a mini-ITX case that offers enough space for the hard drives. In addition, I run 3 more cooler with PWM on board, so that the server in normal operation runs extremely quiet (in the living room behind the TV and will only be heard if it is otherwise quiet as a mouse, and then only because the case unfortunately grunts).

The great for a mini-ITX board server properties and the setting options ensure that there is no alternative for this board. All the better that the quality is right. From my full 5 stars for it.