hardware — LowEndSpirit DEV https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:10:27 +0000 en hardware — LowEndSpirit DEV Crypto SMR Drives in the Market https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/934/crypto-smr-drives-in-the-market Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:01:33 +0000 Technical FlamingSpaceJunk 934@/index.php?p=/discussions Western Digital has admitted they switched some Reds to being shingled drives. Seagate and Toshiba have also been shipping SMR drives without telling people too apparently. Avoiding SMR has gotten tougher apparently.

WD Blog: On WD Red NAS Drives
Western Digital admits 2TB-6TB WD Red NAS drives use shingled magnetic recording
Western Digital, Seagate Are Shipping Slow SMR Drives Without Informing Customers: Reports [Updated]

]]> Small Infrastructure Server https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/854/small-infrastructure-server Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:44:22 +0000 General FlamingSpaceJunk 854@/index.php?p=/discussions I'm in the market for a small infrastructure server. Something with in the home NAS form factor that I can install my own OS on.

Candidates:

Specs:

  • 4x+ real cores (preferably without SMT)
  • 8-16GB RAM (ECC preferred)

  • 6x disks

    • 2x boot
    • 4x storage (preferably in an external hotswap cage, which is what I really want)

  • 2x+ USB 3.1 or up (for backing up the backups)

  • IPMI/BMC/Remote management (this would be a plus)

Uses:

  • Backups (mostly)
  • Tertiary DNS
  • Internal monitoring
  • Admin tools (Ansible and such)
  • Jump server so I only have to log into one thing when remote

This is something I've been looking for a while, and I've never really been able to find something that checks all of the boxes. Everything ends up being in the mini-tower form factor.

I thought I would see if anyone had any ideas.

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