Homelabs

What should I do? X9 Pro 1TB, X9 2TB, or X9 Pro 2TB? I don't really have the money for a 2TB but the small difference feels like a no brainer?

(This is to occupy one of the thunderbolt 3 ports on my 2018 mac mini homelab server)

I filled up my existing 500gb SSD pretty quickly. Was thinking maybe splitting out to a 1TB dedicated just to shows or 2TB split with shows and movies. Then I can use the 500gb just for music.

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i recommend going for the biggest size you can afford. i often say this about memory and cpu, and nowadays, i should say the same for gpu. it is what keeps you using the same box longer.

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very fair! i have a bad taste from my own spaghetti monster of USB dongles and drives in my homelab, i wish you many blessings and hope your tangle never tangles this badly

I have 4 thunderbolt 3 ports each of which can run 2 usb 3.2 10gbps drives like this comfortably. Could add another one of these for less than $200 CAD (I assume you’re talking in USD which would be $275 CAD). Upgrading the internal SSD is possible but I consider it a last resort because it’s a real chore and I love the flexibility of external drives.

i ran jellyfin off 4tb SSD for about a year, 4tb gets a lot of media honestly, but 1-2tb sounds pretty tight overall

can you add a nvme internally? there's 4tb nvme available around $200 on amazon

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Nevermind there are some cool differences. I think I’ll spend the $25-30 extra for the pro 2TB

Pro is waterproof if I understand correctly. Not sure if there’s any other difference. Speeds are the same from what I can tell

I have the x9 2tb it’s pretty slick. I remember looking at the pro as well, but don’t recall what the difference was.

I’d just go biggest size you can.

I feel like all these issues are "people who don't use unraid" problems. But valid lol

I don’t want spinning disks is all. They’re noisy, hot and have to spin up, and the more often they spin up the faster they wear out. If I start handling long term backups I might consider them but even then I think I’d prefer the shock resistance of SSDs. 

I was thinking about a raid enclosure but it’s not even that much more cost effective and it adds a lot of bulk plus the management of RAID feels like a headache. These things are so tiny the pics don’t even do them convey how small they are. I can velcro/elastic a handful of them into a brick and combined with the mini the footprint will be trivial. 

I do agree about cheap over twice. Luckily I recouped almost $100 when it turned out the ram I bought wasn’t needed because the listing was wrong.

going full SSD is a pain in the wallet for sure.

Can you add a drive later? If not, I usually bite the bullet and get the larger one. Buy cheap = buy twice.