HC2 as a home server

[m00se]

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.

[odroid]

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]

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.

[odroid]

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]

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.

[odroid]

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]

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

[odroid]

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

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[tomolewis]

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

[Pajaro]

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

[odroid]

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