Finally…FINALLY had time to start moving everything over from my old Mac Mini-based NAS to my “new” NAS.
For reference: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/61180593
So far so good! Ultimately, I decided to start with a fresh install of the most recent OMV release (v8.5), and migrated my existing mdadm-managed RAID5 array to that. OMV picked it up immediately, which made that part very easy.
The tricky part I’m dealing with now is remapping the various shares to my Proxmox cluster and VMs. Because I started fresh, I changed things up a little bit and created a second “disk” for each of my four Proxmox-hosted Docker VMs, which will hold those containers’ user data (not the container itself). The secondary VM disks are hosted inside Proxmox’s own NFS mount from the NAS.
Maybe there’s a better way to map the storage, but honestly I’ve learned an absolute shitton about how to properly set up Linux permissions and service users through this whole process. Plus, if the Mac mini was shut off from a power interruption or whatever, I would still have to manually power-on each disk in its USB-connected enclosure.
Unfortunately, during this migration process, one of my 4TB Reds refused to play nice, and checking the SMART stats showed multiple failing sectors. It has 69k (nice) hours, same as its twin. I had anticipated this a while ago since I bought my first pair of Reds back in 2018, and had configured the array a year or so ago with a hot spare (newish 4TB Black I wasn’t using). By the time I found the dying Red, the system had already automatically removed it from the array, pulled in the spare, and rebuilt the array using that spare. Fucking awesome. Both legitimately and sarcastically…
Obligatory pics!
Fully assembled:
OS install:
And its original config from HP, right before I pulled it apart. Check out that dust blanket:
Full specs:
| Part | Name |
|---|---|
| Case | HP ProLiant ML110 Gen 2 (2004-ish) |
| Motherboard | Asus PRIME Q270M-C mATX |
| CPU | Intel Pentium G4560T |
| Memory | Samsung 1x8GB DDR4-2400 |
| Power Supply | Rosewill Capstone 650W |
| CPU Cooler | Thermalright Assassin X SE |
| Case Fan | Noctua A12x25 120mm |
| Operating System | OpenMediaVault v8.5 |
| OS Drive | Toshiba 128GB M.2 NVME SSD |
| Storage Management | LSI HBA 9211-8i - IT Mode |
| Storage Management | Rosewill 4 x 3.5" HDD Hot-Swap Cage (+fan) |
| RAID5 Storage | WD Red CMR 4TB 3.5" HDD |
| RAID5 Storage | WD Red CMR 4TB 3.5" HDD |
| RAID5 Storage | WD Red CMR 4TB 3.5" HDD |
| RAID5 Storage | WD Black 4TB 3.5" HDD (Hot spare - it’s CMR, too!) |
| RAID5 1:1 Backup | WD Red Plus CMR 8TB 3.5" HDD |
| Camera Storage | WD Purple 1TB 3.5" HDD |
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What kind of pet do you have?
LMAO
The server in its original config sat on the floor of my dad’s utility room, untouched, for years. He hosted a mailing list on it back in the 2000s.
…I dare you to give it a taste test
wheezing tastes like furniture…
I also kept the original Pentium 4 sticker and the old inventory tag from Novell (long-defunct now):
When it’s all closed up, the only hint that this might not be factory is the large grid of holes I drilled through the top of the case for the PSU fan.
Novell??
Holy cow that’s something I haven’t heard in forever.
My dad was a Novell veteran, lasted a few decades up through both the Attachmate and Micro Focus acquisitions.
dust blanket
Me: hmm, that’s an odd way to describe a bit of dust
[looks closely at photo]
Me: oh dear gawd!
Wow, yea, that’s bad, haha
It cleaned up quite nicely. Very satisfying.
I’ve taken to taping up most of the vents on my boxes, then putting air conditioner filter media in front of the vents I leave open.
This controls the flow to only come through those vents, so they get filtered.
I clean the filters once a month - it’s nice that you can see them to know they need cleaning.
I do change the fans to more powerful ones, usually compressor style (what people call squirrel cage) because they handle airflow restriction better. The trick is how to orient and duct them.
For other folks reading, be mindful that not all PC fans can efficiently draw airflow through a filter. The key word is “static pressure”, which refers to how much force can be exerted on a fully-blocked opening, which would then produce airflow through the parts that are less blocked. The simplest PC fans basically have zero static pressure, and so they’ll just spin uselessly when covered by an HVAC filter.
As an aside, dust and lint in PCs can be reduced by limiting dust and lint in the environment: replacing your home HVAC filter, not wearing shoes indoors, electrostatic fans, and using mechanical ventilation rather than opening the window are effective ways to keep detritus away from your machine in the first place.
