Comment on HDD or SSD for a home server?
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Raspberry pi is power limited. HDD creates a power spike on boot as well so you may have power issues. When i used a rpi for a media server, i had to use a 25W supply. Even 20W wasnt enough and i had voltage throttling issues. 1TB HDD probably wont draw that much power but SSD is never an issue. If you dont need space and are on a budget SSD is the way to go.
If you need large amounts of space and have a budget, the HDD needs to be self powered or used with a larger device like a mini pc which has adequate internal power.
michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
My RPi4 refused to start with a 2x2.5" hard drive, so I did some workarounds. I connected the USB 3.0 +5V pin to the GPIO and powered the RPi using a PD trigger with MINI 560 (5A DC-DC converter). In my case, a random 18W QC brick was enough.
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PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Neat hack!