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 17 hours 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 15 hours ago
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 15 hours 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 14 hours 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 14 hours 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 14 hours 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 14 hours ago
They are connected to the mini PC below. This mainboard has 4 connectors.
pixelapoc@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
oh yeah shoot, sorry, I skipped past that comment. Thanks for clarifying, you’ve got a super neat setup!
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 13 hours ago
Thanks!