Intel N100 Based Server "Upgrade"? ft. Asus Prime N100I-D D4 - Part 2
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- Опубліковано 22 лис 2023
- This video is the 2nd part to the Intel N100 Server Upgrade series.
In this video, we're installing the SATA card and 2.5GbE controller that slots into the WiFi m.2 slot. We also perform some performance tests to see whether or not a single PCIe lane is enough to properly utilize multigig connections.
Links to the purchased SATA controller and M.2 2.5GbE controller:
SATA controller:
aliexpress.com/item/100500585...
M.2 A+E 2.5GbE controller:
aliexpress.com/item/100500555... - Наука та технологія
Great vid. You have switched links sata 2.5
and if you install the Universal x86 Tuning Utility, you can set a constant 16w tdp, but active cooling is required, so the processor does not regulate back to 1.1 ghz even with prolonged use, it stays at 2.9
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What I did was use a wifi m.2 > mini pcie > pcie riser to connect to a 10gbe Aquantia asus card.
Its the cheapest way since its old stock used for gpu mining. About $10 for the adapters.
Interesting solution! Unfortunately I don’t have enough space in the case to have another riser board and accompanying power cable, but if I end up upgrading my other server, that might just work.
Very good, exactly what I need to make my DIY NAS. So this configuration seems to be good. Bonjour de France
Does the card support RAID ? RAID 1 ? Thanks
This card only supports software RAID from within the OS. It’s just a normal sata controller without RAID.
I think you’re getting confused with the ‘allow caching of share’. It’s not a disk cache, or allow shared files to be cached / made available offline. It’s not to speed up disks , as such.
That feature is specifically for caching the server side files for offline use, it uses client side caching for that, which means you’re not pulling the file off the server each and every time but it possibly uses a local copy, which would invalidate the results in the video.
It’s not likely it would’ve made a difference for this short test, but it’s best to leave it disabled.
Because this feature is also a source of annoyance and weird issues for many Windows sysadmins, such as myself, I always disable it regardless :)
a new mobo with intel 305 4x2.5gbe 6xsata 2xM.2 + PCIE... its very very cool
Have you found one I've been looking for just that
I’ve seen a few on aliexpress but they’re like $230 minimum. I’d love to see boards from reputable brands like Asus, Asrock or the likes and not Topton.
Newsmay sells custom performance heatsinks just for the n100.
It doesn’t really get hot enough to warrant one imo, might as well slap a fan on it.
What is the idle power consumption? thinking about getting one of these myself!
the entire system (including disks etc.) idles around 30-35 watts. The CPU is never truly idle, but that's fine. It adheres to its 6W TDP very religiously when left untouched.
Have you checked power consumption?
Yes, please check part 3 :)
USB 2.5 GBE adapter could have been another route... but cool!!!!!
I’ve thought of that, but what I noticed is that USB network cards can’t do 24/7. Their buffers fill up over a few days and then the cards stop working. I verified this when I used USB 2.5GbE cards on a Synology NAS. In the end, an internal card is the more stable option and they cost about the same.
Do you know that 6port sata controler will work with this
PCI? It will be interesting to test plex transcoding with this little beast ...
Yes, that should work. You’re bandwidth limited a bit though with just 1 lane. I’d probably opt for a m.2 to 6 port sata adapter that slots into the slot for the nvme SSD.
@@nelizmastr and cache to an ssd on the mobo sata port
@@nelizmastr Is the m.2 > 6 port a better option because of bandwidth>? I am trying to decide between just getting an older 5040itx vs this. I will be putting 3.5 inch drives in so the measly 1 sata port is pretty silly but everything else is quite a step up.
Hi, i have same board and i test this PC in cinebench and have Multicore score only 1650 pts (i found on net to be around 2200pts ). What is strange i cant upgrade bios ...
This board throttles the cpu to 6W quickly so it won’t be as fast as others. Mine also won’t update, the latest bios appears to be broken.
@@nelizmastr finally success with bios, need to reset bios settings and of coarse use renamer or rename bios file. I will chnage this board for asrock because in asrock is possible change those limits. I have issues to watch UA-cam videos even on fullhd resolution...
@@nelizmastr if you want beta bios with pl1 8W limit i just received it from Asus support.
That’d be very nice to have. If you could send it or a link to it to nelizmastr@gmail.com then I’ll happily try it out :)
@@nelizmastr check your email (maybe spam too)
Does this Mother board have NVMe or does not? I would like to split the m.2 slots to 4 SATA slots is it possible with this? (the asrock n100 know it, but it has only external DC powersupply support)
Yes, nvme is supported in PCIe 3.0 x2 mode.
@@nelizmastr may I ask, maybe you know this: that means it can run all 6 sata ports (maybe but slower) or less sata ports (as I'm seeing the "x2 mode") full speed?
It will run all ports, but it’ll be limited to the 2 PCIe 3 lanes, meaning a maximum of around 1GB/s which is plenty for SATA harddisks, and in mosr cases for cheap SATA SSDs in a RAID5
@@nelizmastr thanks, for your time. I appreciate it. I'm not very savvy in these part of things. Now it is clear. I thought only that many HDD-s as many lines... but it about the band with... as far as I can reach 70-200MB/s it is well beyond ok
These boards are now completely unobtainable.
Not in my country, still plenty in supply :)
but why windows?? why not TrueNas for example?? just for my curiosity?
At the time of building the original server, passing through or utilizing the intel graphics chip wasn’t possible. It’s also not a storage server but primarily a plex server and vm host, the last of which is quite bad on Truenas imo.
@@nelizmastr really nice mainboard and general project. take care
@@arrecky thanks! You too.
@@nelizmastr Thanks a lot for sharing this here on YT! As I'm also toying with the idea of building something like that, could you please explain this statement: "the last of which is quite bad on Truenas"? Thank you, and Merry Christmas! ;)
@weinbergfahrer4048 truenas is trash for virtual machines, it’s a storage system first and can do other tasks second and vms third.
Seems Asus wasted the opportunity with that board. Chinese manuf. like Topton, and BKHD created a mini ITX board N100 with 6xSATA, 2xM.2 nvme, and 4x 2.5Gbit NICs, much cheaper than Asus.
It’s a shame those Toptons have 4x 2.5Gbit and not 1x 10Gbit otherwise they’re perfect for a storage server/NAS.
@@nelizmastr It also comes with a 1XPCIE which may not be enough for a 10Gbit card, Right.
1x pcie 4 would be enough but the n100 doesn’t have pcie 4. Most 10g cards are 2x/4x pcie 3