ASUS XG-C100C - is it supported or not?

[Ianm_ozzy]

Hi
They are on sale.
I am hoping to use a direct connect setup wiith two of them.
A linux/windows dual boot direct to the NAS.

It is not worth buying anything else as it is too expensive.

There is a lot of conflicting information when I try to search.
It seems is was not supported around 3ish years ago,, but are unsure if it is now.

There is apparently a ship/hardware support list somewhere, but are unable to find it.

Thanks

 

[Etorix]

Red-coloured heatsink. Advertised to gamers. Chipset not specified. => Assume it is not supported.

A further search reveals it uses AQC107, which is definitely NOT supported under TrueNAS, nor even under FreeBSD.
Save yourself time and headaches and look for a reliable source of 10 GbE NICs from Intel or Chelsio—at least for the NAS side.

 

[Ianm_ozzy]

The ones you mentioned are stupidly expensive, and not worth it for a home setup.
Just getting reaaly fed up with the chronic lack of decent hardware support, specifically network cards in a system designed for network storage.

 

[Etorix]

My NAS now all have onboard Intel NICs: Second-hand X10SDV motherboards. For the clients, I have Chelsio T520 NICs, second-hand from ebay.us: Great driver support or OS X on my hackintoshes, and even with custom duties they came in not much more expensive than AQC107 cards. Definitely worth it in my 10GbE home setup.

If you think driver support is better on the Linux side, you may consider TrueNAS SCALE, despite its beta status, or try another Linux-based NAS. But Aquantia NICs remain consumer chips and may not be up to what a server can throw at them—just like Linux does no wonder for Realtek NICs.

 

[Ianm_ozzy]

Truenas scale as stated is beta, so not using that.
A for getting second hand parts, the delivery is a nightmare due to the covid restrictions, or at least where I live.

I can however use proxmox, and are thinking of that, which can virtualise pretty much anything. meaning dumping truenas for good unless hardware support dramatically improves.

 

[Arwen]

@Ianm_ozzy - Yes, TrueNAS is not suitable for all hardware. Or for that matter, all NAS purposes.

For example, some people want to use the cheapest hardware, like Raspberry Pi with USB attached disks. While that setup may work quite well for them, ZFS burst writes using transaction groups, and especially scrubs / re-silvers, may fail due to USB -> SATA bridge device quirks or corner cases.

Other people want super flexibility that UnRaid gives them. Like having different sized disks in a RAID, but using all the space.

Today, their is not one NAS to rule them all.

So, if you find something better suited for your use, good for you.