Pros: Works, 10G real throughput. Built-in drivers for FreeNAS

Cons: none

Pros: This particular one is a good build compared to other NUCs and I have several.

Cons: Expensive and incompatible. The NUC platform is a nice idea but is both to far ahead of it's time and too far behind. Linux drivers are a real pain. Expandability is all about what intel "envisions" for you rather than what you really need. They are not great value. In may ways it's an iMac several years too late and several hundred dollars over budget.

Pros: Great basic fanless cards. Low cost, easy drivers esp Linux compatibility way back to old versions. Good performance for everything but games. I have about 20 of them deployed and they are all great.

Cons: non

Pros: I operate several NAS systems from personal size to enterprise. Synology is a great, easy-to use platform and this unit is well built and outstanding value. Loaded it with 4Tb drives and shipped it around the works but it purrs away without problems.

Cons: Synology is like the Mac of NAS systems, it's very user-friendly but not nearly as open as something like FreeNAS. For most users this is a positive thing.

Pros: I absolutely love these cases, they are about the most economical way to deploy CPU power that exists. They are not fancy, very basic but very functional. Have a cluster of these that whisper at idle and roar under load

Cons: Hard to get them these days.

Pros: Works.

Cons: There are more compact readers out there.