Rate my one year old homelab.
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A lesson I learnt along the way:
HDD's on your desk are loud AF when you're constantly writing to a database
Solution: Everything except backups and Media run on SSD'sDepends on the drive too, I have some insanely loud Ironwolf drives and you would never guess they're from the same manufacturer as my practically silent Exos X18s.
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think u friki and i like u a lot. Hehehhe you should see mine, is all made of old repurposed garbage. Wtb Corsair peripherals ftw!
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Yeah, it's fine ... wait, IronWolves in a living space? Paired with that acoustic desk it must be like a train yard, but with more vibrations :D.
Edit: wrote this before I saw your comment acknowledging the same.
Well, with HDD there is the noise of the drive itself (the constant one & the searches, spin-ups), and the vibrations which can get acoustically amplified. For the former you need a case, any case, maybe a case in a case (ventilated ofc), for the latter I've always (since late 90s) had my HDD on full rubber, no non-rubber connection to the case.My current NASies all use these (in desktop cases, I don't like server hardware if it isn't necessary, like with disks):
(They cost like 2 monies with shipping.)
So if going the 3D-print way, as you mentioned, I would def add the suggestion of incorporating thicc rubber pads or rubber straps into your design, like these ones (I've used them a lot decades ago, the only commercial option for silent PC enthusiasts at the time, but I've built then myself too):
(It's rigid, the disks won't fall out.)
Ooo. That hdd solution looks like a mic shock mount. That's brilliant.
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
11 out of 10
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
I adore every piece of this
My OG system had the whole side panel on the case ripped out where I stuck a fan because the CPU fan died, that was over a decade ago I love your setup
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The black box is the mini PC (note the Ethernet cable going into it) and the yellow/red/black cable is a single SATA power cable, that is daisy chained. Going from the PC to the drive and then going back to the fan control board
Edit: looks like it's actually 3 SATA cables. Not daisy chained
And is that an Ethernet cable going into what looks like PSU? (I found the Ethernet cable you mentioned)
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
It's great but that fan is an overkill.
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Yeah, it's fine ... wait, IronWolves in a living space? Paired with that acoustic desk it must be like a train yard, but with more vibrations :D.
Edit: wrote this before I saw your comment acknowledging the same.
Well, with HDD there is the noise of the drive itself (the constant one & the searches, spin-ups), and the vibrations which can get acoustically amplified. For the former you need a case, any case, maybe a case in a case (ventilated ofc), for the latter I've always (since late 90s) had my HDD on full rubber, no non-rubber connection to the case.My current NASies all use these (in desktop cases, I don't like server hardware if it isn't necessary, like with disks):
(They cost like 2 monies with shipping.)
So if going the 3D-print way, as you mentioned, I would def add the suggestion of incorporating thicc rubber pads or rubber straps into your design, like these ones (I've used them a lot decades ago, the only commercial option for silent PC enthusiasts at the time, but I've built then myself too):
(It's rigid, the disks won't fall out.)
The one is a Iron Wolf, the other is a WD Gold, both of which are ~5 years old, they were LOUD when I had a database running on them. They are now a lot quieter than my work laptop so they don't bug me anymore.
Thanks for the advice, I really like these solutions I'll definitely look into them
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And is that an Ethernet cable going into what looks like PSU? (I found the Ethernet cable you mentioned)
It looks like a PSU, but it's actually just a case for the odroid H4+
https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4-case-type-1/ -
The black box is the mini PC (note the Ethernet cable going into it) and the yellow/red/black cable is a single SATA power cable, that is daisy chained. Going from the PC to the drive and then going back to the fan control board
Edit: looks like it's actually 3 SATA cables. Not daisy chained
It's 3 SATA power cables yes, plugged into the H4+
https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4-plus/ -
Depends on the drive too, I have some insanely loud Ironwolf drives and you would never guess they're from the same manufacturer as my practically silent Exos X18s.
The other HDD I have is a WD Gold, it's definitely the louder of the two, both of them are ~5 years old.
Now that I moved the databases off of them, they are quieter than my work laptop, so they don't bug me.But oh boy, it really did sound like a train yard at one point.
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It's great but that fan is an overkill.
Very much so, but I do enjoy gross overkill.
I'll build them into a future case then they won't be as overkill
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Very much so, but I do enjoy gross overkill.
I'll build them into a future case then they won't be as overkill
If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing!
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
wrote last edited by [email protected]10/10
What's the black pcb on top of the odroid?
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10/10
What's the black pcb on top of the odroid?
Thanks!!
It's a 10 Euro fan controller, that I'm temporarily using till I can build my own with ESP32
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Thanks!!
It's a 10 Euro fan controller, that I'm temporarily using till I can build my own with ESP32
Aaah, that explains the potmeter. Thanks!
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
Lol, brilliant.
At first you are thinking "this is going to be so nice and compact and tidy" and then....
Love it though
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How it started:
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.It's now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS
Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNASHow it's going:
With the heatwave in Europe I've now installed cooling to keep my HDD's from heating up.I know it's Janky as hell, but I love it. The plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I'll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.
It's a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.
Nice setup. I also started with a mini PC but couldn't find a reasonable way to add drives, how are yours attached? In general I would love to find some reasonable prices DAS/JBOD options
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Nice setup. I also started with a mini PC but couldn't find a reasonable way to add drives, how are yours attached? In general I would love to find some reasonable prices DAS/JBOD options
Thanks.
ODROID allows 4 drives with sata, it's a really nice solution.You could attach even more with using nvme
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Yeah, it's fine ... wait, IronWolves in a living space? Paired with that acoustic desk it must be like a train yard, but with more vibrations :D.
Edit: wrote this before I saw your comment acknowledging the same.
Well, with HDD there is the noise of the drive itself (the constant one & the searches, spin-ups), and the vibrations which can get acoustically amplified. For the former you need a case, any case, maybe a case in a case (ventilated ofc), for the latter I've always (since late 90s) had my HDD on full rubber, no non-rubber connection to the case.My current NASies all use these (in desktop cases, I don't like server hardware if it isn't necessary, like with disks):
(They cost like 2 monies with shipping.)
So if going the 3D-print way, as you mentioned, I would def add the suggestion of incorporating thicc rubber pads or rubber straps into your design, like these ones (I've used them a lot decades ago, the only commercial option for silent PC enthusiasts at the time, but I've built then myself too):
(It's rigid, the disks won't fall out.)
Hi, which is the name of this kind of cases? I'm looking a similar way in order to add an external HDD on my local server which is a Lenovo Thinkcentre SFF, so with 3 disks of space (1 hdd 3.5" + 1 2.5" + 1 nvme). Thanks!
