I’m new to this, and having a lot of fun.

I started with the Blackview MP80 running Ubuntu(Minecraft server on docker and Home Assistant in a VM)

Then I bought the BMAX for 82€ and moved HA on to it so I can wipe the MP80 and play around with Proxmox and Nextcloud erc without breaking my home automations.

Yesterday I got the Hardkernel H4+ with 16gb ram and 2x 6TB 2nd hand commercial grade HDD’s (testing them now, 3 month guarantee)

Looking forward to setting up ZFS pools for the first time, ans probably move my Nextcloud AIO over to the TrueNAS app

  • Thorry84@feddit.nlEnglish
    8·
    7 months ago

    Just so you know, operating spinning drives this way is a bad idea. If the platters are spinning and the drive tips over, the rotation of the drives resists the movement. This gyroscopic force is enough for the platters to touch the heads which are flying a tiny distance above the platter. Obviously this is a bad thing and will damage the drives.

    A quick fix is to just lay them flat or fix both of them together so they have a more stable base to stand on. Putting it in an enclosure is even better.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      You gotta embrace the jank! Also, he’s got them in some kind of stand. That looks reasonably stable to me.

      • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        I love my janky temporarily solution.

        I made a stand of old ikea plastic parts I had laying around, screwed them together and have both drives supported from both sides and connected together.

        If I directly bump the drive hard enough they’d fall, but I’m pretty confident I can shake the table really hard and they’ll be fine.

        I’m hoping to get a 3D printer to make a more permanent solution

    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Thanks this is a very temporary solution until I can 3D print a better solution or buy an better temporary solution.

      It’s pretty stable I have a make shift stand, and I’d have to bump them pretty hard for them to fall over. If I shake the table hard they definitely won’t fall