How it started: mp80
I bought a MiniPC (Blackview MP-80) to run Home Assistant and some lights etc. to go with it.

It’s now exactly one year later this is what my setup looks like now:
BMAX B2 Pro --> Home Assistant OS Blackview MP-80 --> Proxmox --> Nextcloud-AIO & Immich
ODROID H4+ --> Proxmox --> TrueNAS

How it’s going: odroid
With the heatwave in Europe I’ve now installed cooling to keep my HDD’s from heating up.

I know it’s very Janky but I love it, the plan going forward is to buy a 3D Printer so that I can 3D Print a custom 10" rack, and I’ll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system with ESP32 and create a dashboard for it in Home Assistant and sorting out networking.

It’s a work in progress, having a lot of fun learning and adding new things.

  • Part4@infosec.pubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’ll build my own cooling and temperature monitoring system

    I bunged mine in the fridge, just drill a hole out of the side for the cables then use rubber sealant.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 days ago

        but, think of it… RACING STRIPES!!! or FLAMES!!!

        You use bamboo skewers to mount the things off the bottom and dampen vibration. mabey use an internal flap and bent the disks out the front and the PSU out the back. If you have enough cardboard, you could even bend it a bit and do like a jet engine with the fan sticking out the front.

        cardboard papercraft homelab… I almost want to get rid of my 42 U rand and make a voltron now.

        • SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          3 days ago

          There would definitely be flames if you forgot the proper holes!

          Lol a jet engine shaped cardboard case held together with bamboo skewers would actually be pretty rad

  • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Nice setup. I also started with a mini PC but couldn’t find a reasonable way to add drives, how are yours attached? In general I would love to find some reasonable prices DAS/JBOD options

  • bigboitricky@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I adore every piece of this

    My OG system had the whole side panel on the case ripped out where I stuck a fan because the CPU fan died, that was over a decade ago I love your setup <3

  • chug-capture-ahoy@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I think u friki and i like u a lot. Hehehhe you should see mine, is all made of old repurposed garbage. Wtb Corsair peripherals ftw!

  • dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That’s beautiful but I don’t understand why two pair of cables go into the fan (is that a PSU?) and only one yellow wire comes out. Also where the motherboard. Need answer

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Yeah, it’s fine … wait, IronWolves in a living space? Paired with that acoustic desk it must be like a train yard, but with more vibrations :D.

    Edit: wrote this before I saw your comment acknowledging the same.
    Well, with HDD there is the noise of the drive itself (the constant one & the searches, spin-ups), and the vibrations which can get acoustically amplified. For the former you need a case, any case, maybe a case in a case (ventilated ofc), for the latter I’ve always (since late 90s) had my HDD on full rubber, no non-rubber connection to the case.

    My current NASies all use these (in desktop cases, I don’t like server hardware if it isn’t necessary, like with disks):

    (They cost like 2 monies with shipping.)

    So if going the 3D-print way, as you mentioned, I would def add the suggestion of incorporating thicc rubber pads or rubber straps into your design, like these ones (I’ve used them a lot decades ago, the only commercial option for silent PC enthusiasts at the time, but I’ve built then myself too):

    (It’s rigid, the disks won’t fall out.)

    • toketin@feddit.itEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Hi, which is the name of this kind of cases? I’m looking a similar way in order to add an external HDD on my local server which is a Lenovo Thinkcentre SFF, so with 3 disks of space (1 hdd 3.5" + 1 2.5" + 1 nvme). Thanks!

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 days ago

        The key search words in your (Chinese?) store of choice I wound suggest:

        3.5" to 5.25" Internal Hard Disk Mount Rubber

    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      The one is a Iron Wolf, the other is a WD Gold, both of which are ~5 years old, they were LOUD when I had a database running on them. They are now a lot quieter than my work laptop so they don’t bug me anymore.

      Thanks for the advice, I really like these solutions I’ll definitely look into them