Cheap 10Gb SFP+/2.5Gbe switches have been a thing for quite a while now, STH has been reviewing them since at least last year, and it's not like the i225 rev c. isn't cheap, especially with i226 taking over. Could you upgrade one to 2.5Gb? Yes. Should you? Only you know your usage case and it's already pretty niche if you're still running one, so you'd have to tell us if it's a good idea.
I answered that for you years ago and every year that goes by, the unavoidable truth gets more obvious. Your smart phone likely has more computational power than a Neo II and actually running the kinds of workload for your average home server of HA/media and associated services just doesn’t fit the G7/8 at this stage. Can you still use them for pure storage as I suggested last time? Yes. Does it make a lot of sense when you can buy something inexpensive that will do storage and run your full range of services better and idle at the same level? Probably not.
My N54L still is used daily. With five HD's and a SSD. Works well and always has done.
whats the replacement people use these days that fits in the same footprint as a gen7 and holds same number of drives etc?
That was 2011/12, it’s 2024…. you need to understand how inflation works (I explained that in your broadband price rise thread about 2 years back).
N100 is a monster compared to even the N54L
You need to understand how being broke works
That's the thing, usually these low power chips come as complete products e.g. mini PCs. Even a USB3 caddy for 4 hard drives would probably be over £100You need to understand how being broke works
I dont mind going 2nd hand
N100 seems to be in it to win it but dont know if they make itx mobo for it or maybe even a soc board that drops inside the gen7 case?
Allow me to turn your question inside out: What is your N40L not doing for you that you need?
does everything i need at the moment, nas shares and torrenting. dont get why people say i should scrap it and get something newer if its doing its job fine for now?
