minus-squarebinaryhellstorm@alien.topBtoData Hoarder@selfhosted.forum•Is it worth it to buy NAS specific HDDs vs Normal ones?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoGrab a stack of CMR drives from serverpartdeals and you’ll be good. That being said I’ve run enterprise drives, and consumer drives and for home use I’ve never noticed a marked difference between the two in performance. linkfedilink
minus-squarebinaryhellstorm@alien.topBtoData Hoarder@selfhosted.forum•HDD recommendationlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agohttps://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DM004/dp/B0713R3Y6F/ linkfedilink
minus-squarebinaryhellstorm@alien.topBtoSelf-Hosted Main@selfhosted.forum•What hardware for a setup like this?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoRaspberry Pi for Home Assistant. And a second hand engineering workstation off eBay for everything else. Take a look at the Lenovo P700. linkfedilink
Grab a stack of CMR drives from serverpartdeals and you’ll be good.
That being said I’ve run enterprise drives, and consumer drives and for home use I’ve never noticed a marked difference between the two in performance.