Shopping aliexpress most are 2.5 drives. I get that they’re lower power but 3.5 drives offer much more storage…
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tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 month agoIt’s an Olmaster one that fits a 5,25" bay. It has 4 SATA connectors in the back and a single Molex for power. The SSDs can easily be swapped in or out.
It’s this or something very similar: de.aliexpress.com/i/4001152236337.html?gatewayAda…
Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 month ago
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 month ago
I’m all on SSDs since I don’t need that much storage, so 2.5 is what I need anyways. There’s a 3x ZFS mirror of 1.8TB SSDs in there, 4th bay is currently empty.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Damn. Ethernet is indeed your bottleneck there. I love your rack but I’d go more for a higher storage configuration.
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 month ago
Yeah maybe I’ll try to fit in some faster Ethernet adapters at some point, but currently it’s mostly just the daily VM snapshots and since those are automated, the speed isn’t that important anyways. Just in case of a potential recovery.
Offsite backup at some family member’s place is planned at some point as well, but not fully thought through yet.
pixelapoc@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
What are the SATA cables connected to? Does one of the lenovo tiny PCs have an interface for four SATA connectors?
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 month ago
They are connected to the mini PC below. This mainboard has 4 connectors.
pixelapoc@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
oh yeah shoot, sorry, I skipped past that comment. Thanks for clarifying, you’ve got a super neat setup!
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 month ago
Thanks!