Thank you very much -- that's some food for thought, mingv7v and AlpineCarver. GD06 case is definitely out, based on mingv7v's comments, and I'm starting to think I should consider: a) giving up the 5.25" external bay and putting the DVD writer in an external case for the times it's needed; b) this ...

Hello all, first time posting here, although I'm a long-time reader of the site. I am planning to replace my current home server and would like to ask for a bit of advice on available options. The server is currently an almost 10-yr old Athlon Shuttle with 4Gb RAM and a 2Tb ZFS-formatted hard disk, ...