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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you able to easily attach spinning rust hard drives to those? If so, how? I think those things use more than 5W on their own. Biggest question I have before planning a horizontal raspi setup. Currently I use old x64 PC boxes for self hosting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've used a 2.5" hdd on a rPi before using a usb-to-sata adapter (powered from rPi's USB port). I've used a 3.5" hdd using an hdd enclosure that's externally powered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ahh, externally powered. Thanks for the info! I’m gonna look into such external HDD enclosures..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I attached little portable USB SSD drives to them when they need the storage; otherwise I have been using raspikeys. Though I am excited about the new m2 chips on offer nowadays from RPi.

Currently my pis are used as:

  • Two separate pi holes
  • Shakenet
  • Birdnet
  • Homebridge
  • Torrent client
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yep those m2 hat things look pretty useful. Thanks for the info! Portable USB drives are something I’d overlooked.