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Finished my 10" rack (for now)
(lemmy.nocturnal.garden)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/74770
Been planning to migrate from my Supermicro monolith server for a while and finally finished the migration. Red thing is opnsense on an APU engine, Lenovos run a proxmox cluster, below is a mini PC with attached JBOD running TrueNAS.
Next step is to get another shelf for my Raspi and openDTU.
Can you share any details on the JBOD? How are you connecting it to the PC? I'd love something similar for my miniPC server.
It'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: https://de.aliexpress.com/i/4001152236337.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2deu
What are the SATA cables connected to? Does one of the lenovo tiny PCs have an interface for four SATA connectors?
They are connected to the mini PC below. This mainboard has 4 connectors.
oh yeah shoot, sorry, I skipped past that comment. Thanks for clarifying, you've got a super neat setup!
Thanks!
Shopping aliexpress most are 2.5 drives. I get that they're lower power but 3.5 drives offer much more storage...
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.
Damn. Ethernet is indeed your bottleneck there. I love your rack but I'd go more for a higher storage configuration.
With B2 offsite backup.
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.
I have a peer that manages his father's IT needs.
He setup loads of server stuff there with an IPSEC tunnel to home so he does cross backup back between the sites. He'll setup something like a game server at the office on a VM mapped to an obscure port then a registered domain so the family can game together. Fun stuff.
He doesn't charge his dad for IT needs. They just expense all the server stuff to the business along with a secure location (building has proper physical security) with managed AC for his heavier 24/7 server needs. He can also order decent gear for the rack.
That sounds like a good opportunity for offsite backup!