I joined Lemmy back in 2020 and have been using it as qaz@lemmy.ml until somewhere in 2023 when I switched to lemmy.world. I’m interested in Linux, FOSS, and Selfhosting.
I recommend going with an N100 based system if you want low power usage. I doubt old workstations that support multiple drives idle near 10W, the mini PC variants might, but they would require a DAS for the HDD’s.
I have personally chosen an ASUS N100I-D D4 motherboard with a m.2 to 6x SATA card and it has been working fairly well.
I seriously doubt those stay below the desired power usage
I think you’re confusing me with OP
Seagate Ironwolf “ST4000VN006”
I do have some issues with read speeds but that’s probably networking related or due to using RAID5.
Why? It seems on topic to me
Why did you decide to go with Rakulang?
17W for an N100 system with 4 HDD’s
Cool. I haven’t transcoded most of my music to a supported format yet, but I might try this out after I have.
I thought it was pretty good, especially for nautical navigation
What about OSMAnd?
I want to look into quadlets