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Mini rack bod (startrek.website)

submitted 5 days ago by nagaram@startrek.website to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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So I have a a mini rack.

I have about 1.5 U of rack space and a model for a 4 bay 3.5 inch BOD

HOWEVER, no idea how best to connect them to a computer.

I'm thinking right now just plugging them into a Think center m715 with a powered USB hub.

I'm also thinking get a Raspberry Pi 5 and a nvme to sata hat, but I'm not aware of a way to power those 4 drives other than extra internal power supply. It would be convenient to just use like a wall wart or USB 2 power.

Thoughts? Best practices?

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have a disk shelf? Usually they have something like SFF-8088 SAS connectors. I would just use those.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine less off a proper BOD and more of a 3D Printable holder for 3.5 inch drives and no actual connections.

I was considering a mini ITX PC with just an external SAS to Sata PCI card. But at the rate of just building that I might end up just building a better tiny nas box with maybe a jonsbo case like the N3

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah I have the N3 and I have no complaints. It works great.

If you're building your own rackmount system, I would still recommend some kind of SAS connector and PCIe card with external connectors, like a 9200-8e. If you aren't using a backplane, you'll probably want a SATA breakout cable and external power.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have a Mini PC with 4 SATA ports that powers the jbod and has the drives connected. It's my NAS.

https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/74822

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's basically what I'm going for.

How are you connecting the mini PC via SATA and how are you powering the BOD?

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 points 4 days ago

The mini PC case is open and the cables go directly from the mainboard/PSU to the BOD back (4 SATA and 1 MOLEX).