Rate my one year old homelab.
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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!
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If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing!
There's nothing that could possibly go wrong with this strategy.
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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!
wrote last edited by [email protected]The key search words in your (Chinese? better than rewarding Amazon with even more extra fees) store of choice I wound suggest:
3.5" to 5.25" Internal Hard Disk Mount Rubber
But don't get the ones where the inner mount (of the 3.5" drive) is the same piece or bolted/screwed into the outer mount (5.25").
The ones in my pic have fairy big rubber nips in between (each secured on both sides), 4 at the bottom (that support the weight of the disk too), and two on the sides.
Also such 5" brackets you can mount anywhere rally, even on the outside of the case, lol.
In one case without the 5.25" bays (at my parents, quick job) I mounted two disks on such mounts on that metal mesh between the PSU compartment and the main compartment. -
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.
a proper hobbyist setup, well done!
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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.
Just needs a 10" cardboard box with proper holes
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Just needs a 10" cardboard box with proper holes
Don't get too carried away, it's just a homelab
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Don't get too carried away, it's just a homelab
but, think of it... RACING STRIPES!!!! or FLAMES!!!
You use bamboo skewers to mount the things off the bottom and dampen vibration. mabey use an internal flap and bent the disks out the front and the PSU out the back. If you have enough cardboard, you could even bend it a bit and do like a jet engine with the fan sticking out the front.
cardboard papercraft homelab... I almost want to get rid of my 42 U rand and make a voltron now.
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but, think of it... RACING STRIPES!!!! or FLAMES!!!
You use bamboo skewers to mount the things off the bottom and dampen vibration. mabey use an internal flap and bent the disks out the front and the PSU out the back. If you have enough cardboard, you could even bend it a bit and do like a jet engine with the fan sticking out the front.
cardboard papercraft homelab... I almost want to get rid of my 42 U rand and make a voltron now.
There would definitely be flames if you forgot the proper holes!
Lol a jet engine shaped cardboard case held together with bamboo skewers would actually be pretty rad
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There would definitely be flames if you forgot the proper holes!
Lol a jet engine shaped cardboard case held together with bamboo skewers would actually be pretty rad
Not gona lie, I'm very tempted it'll get me lots of Internet points, and definitely a few haters
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Yea not super thrilled with bambu lab for the privacy concerns but the printer itself is good. I just use it in lan only mode and block any outgoing network traffic on my router.
But there are other brands that are good. Ive heard prusa is nice but never tried them.
I have bambu printer they are good, but my printer stopped printing until I've allowed it to phone home for a bit, this repeated twice already.
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Just needs a 10" cardboard box with proper holes
Does she have a sister?
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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'swrote last edited by [email protected]Some drives are worse than others and higher capacities get worse and worse, in my experience, Seagate drives are extremely loud.
If you get helium drives (like wd red plus > 8TB i think),or 2nd hand hgst/ WD enterprise drives) they are significantly quieter.
But, having an ssd is cheaper probably. I have an SSD for the boot drive and all databases, configuration folders, etc... In docker so general IO is fast, then media, documents, pictures, etc... On the big HDDs.
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Thanks.
ODROID allows 4 drives with sata, it's a really nice solution.You could attach even more with using nvme
Damn. I was looking for agrees for someone like that, now I'm stuck with a microATC board that is great but doesn't fit in a 10" rack, why are there no 12" racks? ^^
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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’ll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system
I bunged mine in the fridge, just drill a hole out of the side for the cables then use rubber sealant.
