Also, TrueNAS loads entirely into RAM upon boot, meaning the SSD will only be used once when the computer is powered on. So apart from that few seconds, there won’t be any additional power draw from the SSD.
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qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 3 days agoI was thinking of something similar. Especially since the SSD is not doing much beyond running the True Nas OS. So splitting that between a HDD does not feel like it would push things that much more
Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Witziger_Waschbaer@feddit.org 2 days ago
forums.lenovo.com/t5/…/4377028
Seems to be the way, this thread on the Lenovo forum supports your idea.
There is also a guy on the german mydealz forum, who is running 2 HDDs on one power connector and it seems to work for him (account required to read): mydealz.de/…/lenovo-thinkcentre-m720s-sff-office-…