I have three 3.5" HDD i would like to run on a server. i do not own anything that can run these HDD yet. Recommendations on a first server to get?
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>>107268844Synology is good with Hybrdid RAID
>>107268844>i would like to run on a serverServer does, not is.>Recommendations on a first server to get?Highly depends on what you want to do with it. Someone pictured a Pi 0 ... Which could work. I'd personally find the I/O a little constraining.>i do not own anything that can run these HDD yetStart there.
>>107268909Do not get this piece of fucking shit. Get a NAS.
>>107269165Synology forces you to use only Synology drives.
>>107269301Synology make drives?
>>107268844Advanced level: build your own NAS/serverFractal design Node 304 and a cheap mini-itx motherboard + a linux NAS OSattached pic: Fractal designs Node 304 designed as a NAS case with optional mounts for 6 x 3.5" HDD/2.5"SSD or 4 x HDD/SSD and a GPU
>>107269301not forcing anymore, its an old news.
>>107269550to used more than 4 HDDs you need a motherboard with 2 mini sas or adapter with mini sas
>>107268844Just get any old pc case with enough 3.5" mounts and use components of a normal computer. The hardware doesn't need to be anything fancy for a NAS for 1-2 people.
>>107269175holy autismo
>>107269297NAS is useless >>107268844Get this piece of fucking shit
>>107268844There is three posibilities1. Find some old unused computer ar home or take one from a friend2. Buy something new, anything will do for a NAS. But think about what else you want to use it for.3. Buy something prebuilt. Expensive. No tinkering required.
>>107269301Market forces forced the forced Synology drive policy to end.
>>107268844Get an old computer and jam these fuckers in there and then set them up as a network share. NAS bros are fucking retarded. Paying 400 dollars for a fucking NAS. Retards. An old computer has better specs and more ports for <$100.
get 3 of these and use the laptop in your closet.
>>107271946this one is better
>>107272358>>107271946apparently its a really bad idea to use these kind of devices. i was looking for a way to backup my data on at least two drives and i found that even simple external hdd are trash now. so i checked out NAS and realized i had to double my budget for that
People will argue for NASs but I think a direct storage solution through USB 3/C CAN be just as good or a better choice. Some NAS systems will attempt to lock you into their ecosystem like Synology, but with direct access you have control over the actual server itself and can install whatever software or operating system you want without invasive or weird proprietary software. Rumors of Synology locking what kind of HDDs you'll be allowed to use have been circulating for a while now. Personally I'd go with a NUC device since newer ones have hardware transcoding, and if you're amassing storage it seems likely you'll be using it for media hosting like Jellyfin. I'm not an expert, this is just based on my experiences and opinions, if someone tells me I'm stupid and provides a good reason why, listen to them instead.
>>107273074how do you deal with the heat of an external hdd?
>>107273175I have a four bay raid cage with a fan built in. Both the server PC and the HDDs stay reasonable temps.
>>107268844find literally any computer you don't mind not shutting off/rebooting often (can be your main pc but will prob get you digitally ass rapped)put that computer in a DMZ.finally run what ever you want on it, put linux, put windows, put what ever (arch is a good one if u learning unix like system, with nginx). DMZ protects ur main pc.
>>107273499what i am saying, don't spend money on retarded shit.
>>107273212thats what i meant, you need the fans. hdds are so shit nowadays that they idle at 50 celsius if just being cooled by some airflow
>>107268844find a secondhand supermicro x11ssl-f. should be like $30. slap any 1151 v1 cpu on it. 4xddr4 udimms (ecc or not, your choice)
>>107273642*if not being cooled is what i meant
>>107268844get a computer
>>107273642>>107273658I'm pretty sure at this point most external devices have built in fans, so just monitor them under load and idle and make adjustments as necessary. I keep mine in the basement to help with heat.
>>107268844Having your own server is extremely easy1. Find a cheap low end computer with 8GB of ram at least2. Install Ubuntu, set up SSH3. Go to your Windows computer and install "PuTTY" (you use that to connect to the command line) then you install WinSCP (You use that to transfer files and explore filesystem comfortably), then download VSCode and connect remotely to your Ubuntu as well (Super easy too, it install automatically on your server)- Boom you already have everything set up.4. Basically that's it, now what you want is to install every service that you want to self host (Like Plex or whatever crap) through Docker containers, use docker-compose. DO NOT INSTALL things in your server in the old way (bare metal), use containers. 4. Set up sambashare 5. Since you're connected with VSCode you can ask Copilot/Codex to set up docker and modify your docker compose every time you want to install something. If you want to go further you can install Grafana + Prometheus combo to check your computer status etc. The AI will literally set up every new shit for you.Enjoy
>>107268844Am I losing my mind, or didn't /g/ have a Home Servers General for this kind of stuff? Went looking today and only found this thread. >>107274080Basically this. I used OMV to set up an OrangePi 3B with a 1G M.2 drive slung under it. It's good for about 100MB/s which isn't fast, but it's good enough for what I need. It would have been less expensive and more flexibile to set up an ewaste-tier machine but I wanted something very small and low power.I've been working on a separate "applications" OrangePi 3B, which serves a bunch of low-power web-based apps using Ubuntu Server. As I've been slowly adding services to it... realizing that the only difference between an NAS and a Linux Server sitting on the network is the NAS has a flash frontend and can probably set up RAID (but I'm RAID 0).
>>107272922>>107272922the usb one might be. i got an orico 5 bay. disabled sleep in the firmware, and has been running fine ever since
