Is something different from what you expect?
I was thinking that the drive would spin down to preserve some energy after some time... The drive is wiped with 0 shares / links to it (from what I can see...) why does it still spin ?
Should I maybe try to reflash the firmware ?
Thanks for the noob-freindly help... I sadly don't have as much time as in the "young" days to try everything and just hack a solution together....
(Is there maybe a totally noob/idiot-safe alternative to OMV ?)
Thanks !
in the last days, I made a backup, wiped the drive (no more RAID from the point of view of OMV) and just let it sit : after 2 days it still spins constantly...
SMART doesn't indicate anything special...
Not sure if it just is ok and I should keep it this way (is it even normal) or what I could try else...
I will try to find an equally big drive and beckup (good idea to get this thing going).
I changed stuff in the past but just disabled everything once I read that it wasn't supported very well (strange to use software that doesn't work with dedicated hardware..... Is this going to be fixed ?
I did some SMART tests, but can't surely say what they mean... Can anyone guide me in the right direction ?
Thanks !
Hi folks,
I am getting crazy with this problem and haven't found a solution during the last months I have seen this problem.
I am using OMV mainly for docker (pi-hole / plex) with some rare video playback from a compatible TV using plex.
Sadly it seems I have done somethign wrong / I am missing something. The Hard Drive (A 6TB WD NASWare/Red) doesn't stop spinning, even with no workload (the only load it could have would be when accessing one of the movies / music on there... which hasn't been done for weeks). It also scans "hard" sometimes (where it ticks/rattles while searching the disks).
I know a WD RED is supposed to function at all time, but it simply is unnerving to have this thing sucking power at all time when there simply isn't any reason. I am allready thinking about tossing the thing out and just use a dumb pi4 to do the pi-hole / smart-home stuff.
I tried to read / learn / try out things i could find while thinking / looking at threads, but I can't find the answer.
Things I have allready done over the several past months :
- updating the firmware of the HC2's controller
- turning off the plex docker (as it might try to update the database ? Not the cause apparently)
- reinstall everything
- shout at it
One idea I had, but don't know what to do with is that the Drive was in a 1-RAID before. Apparently it still believes that it is (of course without the secondary disk). Could this be the cause ? Is there a way to get the drive back to "normal" without loosing the data ?
I would be grateful to anybody willing to help me troubleshoot this...
Thanks !
Got it thanks !
it seems to have solved the other issue as well. Thanks !
Do you have issues with Shellinabox or with Docker?
I just installed Shellinabox fine on my HC2.
Concerning Docker there are some recent threads in the forums about the installation procedure.
Both !
I just treid to install Shellinabox and get "error" outputs without end.
I couldn't find the information for docker (more important than Shellinabox...) could you help me here ?
Thanks !
Same here... HC2 for me...
Don't know what to do right now - did you find a solution ?
Not that I would know of. For a rough 'CPU horsepower' estimate you can look at the 7-zip column here: https://github.com/ThomasKaise…ch/blob/master/Results.md (multi-threaded numbers so if you have a use case that consists of single-threaded workloads situation is somewhat different. But what you're describing doesn't require CPU horsepower and you would be fine with a CPU half that 'strong' anyway).
Thanks for you answer @tkaiser !
I was a bit worried about the age of the HC2's chipset and the fact that it only handles 32bit instructions...
I am thinking about replacing my old TS228 QNAP (working OK, but an OS running on the same drives as the stored data is not the best idea for a mostly silent data grave...) with something small, efficient and power-saving.
My main use-case would be :
Archiving some work/personal stuff (the irreplaceable things) (probably with manual off-site backups, as I also have an intermediate nextcloud solution on a remote server)
Storing Films, Photos etc... (which aren't too important) - both using OMV of course !
Running my own instance of Bitwarden (using Bitwarden_rs probably)
Running a Pi-Hole over the Network once my stupidly closed cable box can e thrown out of the window (together with my current ISP)
Probably running Plex server, while letting my TV decode it (it handles it quite well for the moment)
From my first search efforts the Odroid HC2 seems to be a great solution, using one of the existing 8TB drives I have, which should be enough storage wise, as well as a 32 GB Micro SD which should be more than enough for the OS and 2-3 little lightweight projects. I would end up with 80€ incl. shipping of goods and could still stack on another HC2 later on to split important from not so important stuff and adding an SSD to make the small files more accessible and less failure-prone.
Are there any other / better solutions in this price-range ? Maybe something coming out with a stronger chipset somewhere soon ? The form-factor of the HC2 seems interesting...
I would like for the selling price of the TS228 to cover the cost of the new system if possible (and if all could look not too bad / geeky I would also make the girlfriend happy 
Of course, once everything done, I will report back 
