2 x Jonsbo N5 - Overkill?

[Okibblewhite]

So, I built twin HexOS systems (almost) in Jonsbo N5's

1  Ryzen 9 9900X (12C/24T) and 1 Ryzen 7 9700X (8C/16T)

1 RTX 4070 TI and 1 RTX 3070

For both: 

MSI Mag X870E Tomahawk

96GB DDR5

Boot - Crucial P310 1TB in Raid 1.

Storage - 4 x Seagate Ironwolf Pro 4TB RaidZ1

1000w Modular PSU

PCIE X8 SAS card and onboard to connect all 12 bays in the N5

Intel X550T2 Dual 10GbE NIC

Full case fan replacement with Nocuta fans and a NH D15 cooler.

 

Mirrored backups between the system over Tailscale and one machine moved from my house to the workshop 30mins away for offsite actual a backup backup.

 

Too much?

ETA- I built them in August last year, before things got...too crazy

Edited February 21 by Okibblewhite

[PsychoWards]

Hey,

that's a very nice setup!

Overkill? Your backup server maybe, if it's really only used as an offsite backup and not running any apps. 

Your main server? Let's call it future proof and not overkill =D 😉

What apps are you running? 

[Okibblewhite]

Right now the main server is just local storage for the workstation(s), project archive and so on.

The offsite machine (lower core count) has the backup ran to it, also runs a Windows VM for CAD in the workshop. 

We're also building a "where did I leave my tools" system with PTZ camera's around the workshop and image classification so it can tell us where we left X tool, or where it was seen last at least.

That'll be running in docker probably with a GPU for the image classification.

I think I'm going to have to add an SSD pool to the workshop machine as running windows on spinning rust is hilarious in 2026...

Edited March 12 by Okibblewhite

[SteveOS]

Holy moly. I thought that 1 N5 was big. If the price for that much RAM didn't make me uncomfortable the realestate prices to store those two certainly would. 

Just finished putting mine together in the last 24 hrs. 

[SteveOS]

@Okibblewhite you may know the answer to this question. With the boards in the N5, Do I need both the sata and molex power connected? or would just the sata be enough? 
I am only using the small 4 bay atm, mainly because my PSU does not have enough plugs for the sata and molex for the main rack. 

Have not been able to find a clear response anywhere. The NSAcompare article said that either sata or molex would be fine. 

[Manders]

According to this picture found at https://nascompares.com/2024/10/04/jonsbo-n5-review/ , it seems like he has added the 4 SATA cables and 1 SATA Power cable to the board, no MOLEX.

My best bet is that you can either use MOLEX or SATA Power, but don't need both.