Hi.
I've been playing with OMV for a few months now, have a bit of "linux experience" from playing around with web development. Initially found out about OMV by way of (*sigh*) a raspi "NAS" tutorial.
The other day I picked up an older intel NUC kit for around $80CAD, with the intention of using it for a slightly more reliable NAS than the rpi, however it is a fanless "computer". I'd be curious to get input on whether or not this is a horrible idea from the outset? Specifically I'm unsure whether or not running a 2.5" 5400rpm drive 24/7 in this box is going to lead to premature hardware failure.
The box has 1 usb3.0 port I'd want to utilize for a thumb drive (maybe m.2 to usb? or a higher end thumbdrive with embedded ssd controller) to install the OS. It has 4 GB EMMC but I'd prefer to use that for swap partition or not at all (I'd not seen any of my omv installations swapping previously so basically swap partition == unused). Obviously I would like to use the available SATA port for data. Then I will use one of my raspi to rsync a copy to an external hard drive.
Any thoughts here are appreciated. My google fu is weak on this subject.
Also, hello everybody!