evilsmirker
Beginner
Hello folks,
My set-up currently features the following components:
1. Raspberry Pi 4
2. Seagate IronWolf 4 TB in an enclosure, separately powered and connected to Rpi4 via usb3 SATA cable (Still NTFS, not yet ext4)
3. Crucial 120GB SSD acting as the boot drive, connected to Rpi4 via usb3 SATA cable
4, Ethernet via a cheap network switch (our network speed is 50 mbps so no network throttle)
These are currently powered through a power strip not connected to the invertor at home.
The Rpi4 is currently running OMV 7 over the recommended Pi lite OS. I've only got Jellyfin and Tailscale running on it currently- I run *arr apps on my windows laptop and transfer files via Samba for now. I plan to slowly scale things up over time, with hopefully PiHole and Immich as my next attempts. The issue I'm currently facing is that since I've only been able to place this setup yesterday in a relatively public area in the house, the power strip is often switched off. This prompted my fears of having the Rpi4 and more importantly the Ironwolf crashing. I've begged family members to be careful for now, but with short power cuts being common enough in the area, that fear is still there.
Concerns:
1. Would anyone know of any budget UPS systems (below 4-5K) I could connect my setup to? OMV seems to have a plugin which allows for the setup to detect low power if connected to a compatible UPS and shutdown cleanly- would this shutdown also safely shutdown the Ironwolf?
2. Should I just buy a back-up for the hard drive? There are several mini-UPS for routers which could maybe suffice as backups for the Ironwolf, but I'm not sure how the drive would shutdown when the Pi4 disconnects due to the loss in power.
3. Would it make sense to add PiHole to this setup? My family isn't tech savvy and there isn't anyone interested enough to figure things out in the event something goes wrong with the setup.
4. I know this setup is meant to be always-on, but with the summer coming in and temps rising (the Ironwolf goes upto 45 degrees already, I'm doubting whether its the best idea. Is it safe to keep this always on, and does switching the setup off (say, at night) cause the Ironwolf to degrade over time faster? I've tried reading up on drives spinning up and down, but I'm not sure.
5. What's the easiest way to scale up from using Tailscale? I've been reading stuff about reverse-proxy, but would like to hear your opinions on it as well.
6. Any general advice on how to run/improve and scale this setup?
Thanks!
My set-up currently features the following components:
1. Raspberry Pi 4
2. Seagate IronWolf 4 TB in an enclosure, separately powered and connected to Rpi4 via usb3 SATA cable (Still NTFS, not yet ext4)
3. Crucial 120GB SSD acting as the boot drive, connected to Rpi4 via usb3 SATA cable
4, Ethernet via a cheap network switch (our network speed is 50 mbps so no network throttle)
These are currently powered through a power strip not connected to the invertor at home.
The Rpi4 is currently running OMV 7 over the recommended Pi lite OS. I've only got Jellyfin and Tailscale running on it currently- I run *arr apps on my windows laptop and transfer files via Samba for now. I plan to slowly scale things up over time, with hopefully PiHole and Immich as my next attempts. The issue I'm currently facing is that since I've only been able to place this setup yesterday in a relatively public area in the house, the power strip is often switched off. This prompted my fears of having the Rpi4 and more importantly the Ironwolf crashing. I've begged family members to be careful for now, but with short power cuts being common enough in the area, that fear is still there.
Concerns:
1. Would anyone know of any budget UPS systems (below 4-5K) I could connect my setup to? OMV seems to have a plugin which allows for the setup to detect low power if connected to a compatible UPS and shutdown cleanly- would this shutdown also safely shutdown the Ironwolf?
2. Should I just buy a back-up for the hard drive? There are several mini-UPS for routers which could maybe suffice as backups for the Ironwolf, but I'm not sure how the drive would shutdown when the Pi4 disconnects due to the loss in power.
3. Would it make sense to add PiHole to this setup? My family isn't tech savvy and there isn't anyone interested enough to figure things out in the event something goes wrong with the setup.
4. I know this setup is meant to be always-on, but with the summer coming in and temps rising (the Ironwolf goes upto 45 degrees already, I'm doubting whether its the best idea. Is it safe to keep this always on, and does switching the setup off (say, at night) cause the Ironwolf to degrade over time faster? I've tried reading up on drives spinning up and down, but I'm not sure.
5. What's the easiest way to scale up from using Tailscale? I've been reading stuff about reverse-proxy, but would like to hear your opinions on it as well.
6. Any general advice on how to run/improve and scale this setup?
Thanks!