HC2 as a home server

m00se · Unread post by **m00se** » Sat May 25, 2019 3:13 am

After a lot of test installs, I have my HC2 up and running as a home server. OS (Armbian Ubuntu 18.04) and data are on a 2TB Ironwolf. I replaced Network Manager with Netplan after discovering that systemd/networkd couldn't create virtual interfaces on this hardware. I may have missed something there, but netplan allows me to have multiple IPs and works, so it won.

It's running...
-Samba for the Windoze PCs
-FTP for the WiFi cams
-rclone for syncing with gdrive
-pihole
-LibreNMS

I couldn't make Librenms work right in Lighttpd (which came with pihole) - it kind-of worked until Libre did a daily update and then didn't work at all. After replacing Lighttpd with Apache all is well.

The HC2 was a project to replace a Supermicro Atom server with something less power-hungry and *quieter*. The HC2 consumes about 6.5w average, compared to 28w average for the Supermicro. And since there's no fans, the only noise is the occasional chatter of the harddrive.

Unread post by **odroid** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:33 pm

Glad to hear you are running a low-power and quiet home server now.

I hope other users can help you to enable "librenms".

m00se · Unread post by **m00se** » Wed May 29, 2019 1:18 am

Librenms is fine under Apache. I had found directions to run a previous version under lighttpd, but it never really worked right with the current version of Librenms.

A question though - what are people using as "feet" on the HC1/HC2? I'm using 1/4" OD vinyl tube cut to half-inch lengths and split so they slide on to the heatsink. It then sits on an old mouse pad.

Unread post by **odroid** » Wed May 29, 2019 8:57 am

Thank you sharing a workaround to run Librenms.

Nobody seemed not to be interested in DIY "feet" implementation for HC1/HC2 so far. The OD vinyl tube must be a reliable and economical idea to reduce the HDD's on-going vibration shock.
Can you share a picture of your anti-shock "feet" solution?

m00se · Unread post by **m00se** » Thu May 30, 2019 4:33 am

odroid wrote: ↑
Wed May 29, 2019 8:57 am
Can you share a picture of your anti-shock "feet" solution?

Pics as requested. The feet are not a tight fit so I'm going to try rubber cement soon. The harddrive screws are from Home Depot - the included screws were the wrong thread for a 3.5" drive. I used 6-32x3/8" screws.

I have no idea why my HC2 looks bent in the pics - it's most definitely straight.

Unread post by **odroid** » Thu May 30, 2019 9:59 am

Great! The pictures are very helpful to understand how you made it.

BTW, we recently knew that some HDDs are not compatible with the M3 screws.

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tomolewis · Unread post by **tomolewis** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:48 am

I'm interested in something as a backup to my main NAS setup .... What kind of network transfer speeds to you get over samba? Thanks

Unread post by **odroid** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:41 am

We could get near 100MB/sec with a 3.5inch HDD.

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tomolewis · Unread post by **tomolewis** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:21 am

Nice, that's pretty close to the max for gb eth then!............. looks like I'll be buying one very soon!

Pajaro · Unread post by **Pajaro** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:22 am

Aloha,

I have an Odroid-HC1 and looking to install a Linux Server. What would you recommend, since I am a newbie to Linux and all their distro's and nomenclatures! I plan to install NextCloud after installing the Linux Server. Appreciate any advice to which Linux Server I should use.

Mahalo,
Pajaro
Naalehu, HI
The Big Island

Unread post by **odroid** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:54 am

The following WiKi pages are good starting point.
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/soft ... ubuntu_nas
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/soft ... as/eng/eng

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