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bruhhh123

bruhhh123

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Thinking of creating a home server. I already have a big fat pc with lot of storage bays, but im thinking building a mini pc with 1 big ssd to keep it running 24 by 7. Open to suggestions on mini pc if available.
 
Big fat pc is good for a custom NAS and can act as a decent server provided you have a good cpu.
If you want power efficiency with decent storage then stick with mini pc with good quality SSD (preferably sata/nvme port not usb)
 
Just a note that if you've a good PSU that has low idle watt, then your big fat PC can also be a really efficient server.

Additionally, you could use SnapRAID + mergerfs to run the HDDs only when you use them and not all the time.
 
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bruhhh123 said:
mini pc with 1 big ssd
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OMV(open media vault) running on rpi 4/5 would be the most economical and efficient option for a basic 'set it and forget it' NAS server

For anything more, running TrueNAS is simply better
N97/N150 minipcs (imported) by GMKtech are popular and have better QC than other chinese brands.
 
KAKAN said:
Additionally, you could use SnapRAID + mergerfs to run the HDDs only when you use them and not all the time.
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Have you used this? What is the best way to run this - OMV or a Ubuntu Server + Cockpit? I want to run this in a proxmox mini pc with an external dual bay 3.5" hdd enclosure. Will it be ok?
 
DigitalDude said:
Have you used this? What is the best way to run this - OMV or a Ubuntu Server + Cockpit? I want to run this in a proxmox mini pc with an external dual bay 3.5" hdd enclosure. Will it be ok?
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I have a fedora server running that configuration with a bunch of 1TB drives. The config is very easy so I never really had issues.

I haven't tried it with OMV, or with external disks... Sorry.

bruhhh123 said:
I has no idea about this. Will check it out thanks.
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Check this out too btw, very helpful resource:

perfectmediaserver.com

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