Upgrade or Build a new one?

[IdMah]

Hi. 

Excited to try this. I'm taking an old, Nas4Free - 11.1.0.4 - Atomics (revision 5579) into the present.  It has a  Supermicro X10SL7-F Lots of SAS and Sata ports with  Xeon(R) CPU E3-1246 v3 and 8 gig of Ram.  

I'd like to get into Docker and all the new hotness fun VMs . Is it worth adding ram or should I just bite the bullet build a new machine? 

and if it's a build a new machine I have a case that can accommodate 16 HDs so want a motherboard suggestion with A LOT of Sata ports.  Suggestions? 

 

Edited January 16 by IdMah

[Dylan]

Hi @IdMah - If it were me, I'd run with what you got for now, especially as HexOS is still in beta. This will give you time to time to get familiar with a new OS and the things you'll want to do with it. This also gives time for HexOS to continue to develop as well as you time to save for what you REALLY WANT NEXT.

Essentially, don't spend your money until you've had a chance to kick the tires to better identify what you want from your new sytem.

Good luck and ave fun!

[PsychoWards]

2 hours ago, IdMah said:

and if it's a build a new machine I have a case that can accommodate 16 HDs so want a motherboard suggestion with A LOT of Sata ports.  Suggestions? 

 

Onboard SATA Ports should be the least of your concerns when choosing a Motherboard, since you can easily add more SATA ports with HBA PCIe cards.

I agree with @Dylan use your current machine, add some RAM and get a feeling for everything and for your needs (especially VM and Docker stuff). Maybe you get into Machine Learning (face recognition in Immich, AI OCR in paperlessngx etc...) and you need a potent dedicated GPU or you are only running lightweight apps and you can continue using your current server for the years to come.