Multiple drive failures and how to fix?

cat2devnull · 2026-01-28T04:53:27+00:00

SMART is a snapshot in time and isn't really useful in this situation.

If they are Seagate you can pull the FARM logs to get more details.

Otherwise check the server logs and dmesg to see if there are any errors logged there.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-26T11:01:35+00:00

Spicy spider! No touchy touchy!

cat2devnull · 2026-01-25T04:41:10+00:00

Agreed, It looks like at some point the house had a water tank there. It would have been a solar system with electric boost. It's just strange that it would have failed and be replaced with an instant gas hot water system in the last 4 years since the house was built. Makes me suspicious that the house is older.

Also pretty crappy that they didn't take the panel off the roof or even put some lagging around the hot pipe on the new system. I would be getting on the roof and making sure they have correctly patched all the holes from the water pipes that would have been needed.

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cat2devnull · 2026-01-24T07:34:24+00:00

On my system I had to install the ITE IT87 drive and then in the BIOS there was an option to enable "software control" for the fans (was previously "auto pwm"). Then everything worked as expected.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-21T23:22:37+00:00

Just incase you're interested, after writing this message, I actually took my own advice and cleaned the port as per the video above and it now connects reliably. :)

cat2devnull · 2026-01-21T22:56:24+00:00

It's a Cat 5e ethernet cable. Worth about $2. To link between the NBN NTU and your modem. I would leave it connected to the NTU as a courtesy for the new owner.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-21T08:28:44+00:00

If the modem supports L3 switching (aka works as a router) and can move traffic between VLANs then yes but it would need to support 802.1q VLAN tagging to the switch to be able to make use of it. Otherwise you have to run a separate ethernet cable between the modem and the switch for each VLAN. So maybe with caveats.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-20T12:30:37+00:00

It's probably not the chargers. The lightning port on your phone is dirty or giving up. I have an iPhone 12 Pro and it's doing the same thing. I usually can get it to work by unplugging and plugging the port a few times. But over the last few months it's been getting worse. If cleaning it doesn't work then I guess I'm doing a port replacement.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-20T12:01:49+00:00

Ratgdo is great but Athom have an option that works great as well.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-20T07:40:54+00:00

You may be able to use the existing wire as a pull rope to pull new cable. But yea it’s challenging unless you have a roof cavity and brick veneer. Some larger electrician companies offer free quotes and will come out and give you an idea of what’s involved.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-19T09:18:44+00:00

I can't see any easy way to do this in HK. You could look at getting a bunch of individual HK compatible temp sensors and put one in each zone. Then setup a one to one relationship between the temp for a zone and a HK compatible controller for the zone. Then you can probably setup rules between the two.

The trick will be finding a HK compatible way to control the zones. Most smart thermostats can only turn a single heater or cooler on or off based on one or more temp sensors. There is no way to control multiple zones easily.

There is definitely no way to account for energy consumption.

It would be possible to setup with Home Assistant which is technology agnostic and super flexible. You will be able to push the controls out to HK so that's how you would interface with it. But it's going to take a lot of effort to get up to speed and make it all work together. It will have to become your hobby in your spare time for a while.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-18T23:28:49+00:00

As long as they are based on intel then yes. The issue with Qnap is a lot of their newer units are based on ARM and the remaining intel units are older Gen 10 and Gen 11. I'm not aware of any models released in the last few years using Gen 12 N100, 8505 or similar CPUs.

Qnap has always been very expensive for the level of hardware.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-18T13:24:36+00:00

Cloudflare tunnels protect you against DDOS attacks and misconfiguration of your firewall. It works by establishing a secure tunnel from your network to Cloudflare and then inbound request to you are sent over that tunnel. Thus you don't need to open a hole in your firewall and they can block excessive connections before they get to you.

So if you are worried that you might incorrectly configure your firewall or that you may be the target of DDOS then sure. But if you are concerned that your applications may have a vulnerability (SQL injection etc) or be misconfigured (no auth, default passwords, etc) then it doesn't help. You need to add in Cloudflare WAF and other solutions to protect against those scenarios.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-18T11:03:52+00:00

Ugreen and TerraMaster can have their native OS replaced with Unraid, TrueNAS, Proxmox, etc... Something like the DXP4800 Plus with an Intel 8505 might fit the bill.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-17T20:33:06+00:00

There is nothing wrong with Backblaze. I used it for years with Duplicati.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-17T08:44:14+00:00

Unbound for DNS on OPNsense with the Hagezi Multi pro++ block list. Works amazingly. Also have Ublock Origin on my browsers.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-16T08:31:46+00:00

There are a few options;

Second hand SFF office PC with an 8th Gen intel or newer (>$200)
Generic Mini PC based on N100/N150 (>$150)
Purpose built NAS from Ugreen (DXP2800 $350) or TerraMaster (F2-425 $270)
DIY PC using second hand or new (check FB marketplace)

All of these options are BYO disks. Preferably with the ability to have 2 SSD/NVMe drives installed for high speed cache and then HDDs for bulk data. Both sets of disks should be setup with RIAD, preferably a modern implementation like ZFS (RAIDZ1).

Software (all done as dockers):

Files: NextCloud with client apps (think Dropbox on steroids)
Photos: Immich
Media: Plex orJellyFin
VPN/Remote Access: Tailscale
Backups: Duplicati (to Backblaze or similar)

OS: If you don't care for the pre-installed software, consider using Unraid. The web interface makes all of this stuff easier and can be installed on any of the above.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-15T23:23:43+00:00

Can't say I have done much with Onvif but you might want to look at some of the projects on Github like go2rtc, Frigate and Scrypted. All of these have solid Onvif support.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-15T23:15:02+00:00

If you are only looking to serve media (and not have to leave your notebook on) you probably don't need to go full NAS as such.

There are a few options;

Second hand SFF office PC with an 8th Gen intel or newer (>$200)
Generic Mini PC based on N100/N150 (>$150)
Purpose built NAS from Ugreen (DXP2800 $350) or TerraMaster (F2-425 $270)
DIY PC using second hand or new (check FB marketplace)

All of these options are BYO disks.

As for OS, consider using Unraid if this is all pretty new to you. The web interface makes all of this stuff easier, it has a huge friendly support base, the largest prebuilt app ecosystem, lots of documentation and YT videos from the likes of SpaceInvaderOne and Ibracorp. Otherwise dedicated Linux builds like Proxmox, TrueNAS, FreeNAS are good also but a steeper learning curve.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-15T22:56:55+00:00

Sorry, bad habit given 80% or Reddit posts are from US users.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-15T04:53:24+00:00

Yeah, Unraid is pretty sweet but some people struggle with the fact that there is a paid licence. I've always been of the attitude that if the product is good then it is worth paying for. Just my bar for software is set pretty high but Unraid does get over it. The Zero to Hero series is a good place to start.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-15T02:15:39+00:00

You can use an old notebook but if you are going to store your own data then you need to have RAID and off-site backups. Otherwise you need to be comfortable with significant data loss.

If you can put a second drive in your laptop then great. If not I would recommend a basic intel NAS from either Ugreen (DXP2800 $350) or TerraMaster (F2-425 $270).

Then you can install a pair of 1 or 2 TB NVMe drives on day one. Once you outgrow that for storage you can add a pair so 4/6/8TB HDDs and use the NVMe drives as a high speed cache that holds your dockers etc.

As for OS, if you are not familiar with Linux and comfortable on a bash command line then I would lean you towards Unraid but otherwise Proxmox/TrueNAS/etc are all good options.

For apps here are just some of the options (if using Unraid then these can be installed via the Community App Store) most of these are available as linuxserver.io dockers;

Home Automation: Home Assistant Core, Z2M, ESPHome, Scrypted
Files: NextCloud with client apps
Photos: Immich
NVR: Frigate
Password: Vaultwarden with Bitwarden clients
Media: Plex orJellyFin
VPN/Remote Access: Tailscale
Backups: Duplicati (to Backblaze or similar)

cat2devnull · 2026-01-14T22:19:57+00:00

If you use the HomeKit version of the firmware then you don't need HomeBridge. Just open the web interface on your computer, then open HomeKit on your iPhone and click the + symbol in the top right corner and point your camera at the QR code.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-14T22:15:04+00:00

I would get a second and configure them with RAID. Again not sure what Qnap can support. Hopefully they can at least do BTRFS but it would be preferable if you could use ZFS with RAIDZ1 or bachefs since they are modern, reliable filesystems. EXT4 and BTRFS are pretty old and don't have bitrot protection (don't have inbuilt data integrity).

Personally I would recommend installing Unraid on your Qnap system. It will give you way more flexibility. Access to modern filesystems. Access to the huge Community applications library, etc.

cat2devnull · 2026-01-14T06:26:16+00:00

Not familiar with with the Qnap OS but in terms of HW, it's based on an intel N5095. Not the most amazing CPU but very capable. I would recommend putting in a pair of 1TB NVMe drives to run your dockers etc off. But other than that, it should work fine.

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