Top products from r/OpenMediaVault
We found 7 product mentions on r/OpenMediaVault. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. StarTech.com 6in USB 2.0 A to USB 4 Pin to Motherboard Header Adapter F/F - USB cable - USB (F) to 4 pin USB 2.0 header (F) - USBMBADAPT
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Connect internal USB devices directly to the motherboard header connectionBoot your OS from an internal USB 2.0 jump drive / great for customized embedded systemsPlug your USB flash drive directly to the motherboard for extra software securityBoot your OS from an internal USB 2.0 jump drive / great ...
2. Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2 4 Bay 3.5” SATA HDD Enclosure – USB 3.0 & eSATA Support SATA 3 6.0Gbps HDD transfer speed
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Support all brand of 3.5" SATA I / II / III* hard disk drive up to 16TB per drive, and up to 4 x 16TBSupport SATA 3 6.0Gbps hard drive transfer rateTransfer Rate up to 5.0Gbps via USB 3.0, and 6.0Gbps vis eSATASupport Power Sync, S.M.A.R.T. and Smart Fan function with built-in Thermal-Sensor, auto &...
3. Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Support 3.5" SATA I / II / III hard disk drive up to 16TB per drive, Support Hard Drive Transfer Rate up to SATA III Speed. Hardware Raid controller built-in on board with one-button control.One Button Raid Control support Single Drive Mode, Raid 0 (Spanning) JBOD, Raid 0 (Stripping), Raid 1 (Mirror...
4. StarTech.com Universal Hard Drive Docking Station for SATA and IDE - USB 3.0 Dock for 2.5"/3.5" HDDs/SSDs with UASP (UNIDOCKU33), Black
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
EASY TO USE: The external hard drive docking station enables you to instantly access your 2.5 or 3.5in IDE and SATA hard drives through two top loading drive slots.SMART DESIGN: This USB 3.0 universal docking station has a single USB 3.0 connection to your host computer, enables access to both the I...
5. Toptekits 2 Port USB 3.0 A Female Screw Panel Mount to Motherboard 20 Pin Flat Cable Cord by Toptekits 1.6ft/0.5m
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Toptekits Dual Port USB 3.0 Female Screw Mount Panel Type to Motherboard 20 Pin Flat Cable 1.6ft/50cm
6. ORICO 4 Bay USB 3.0 to SATA 3.5 inch External Hard Drive Enclosure Support 64TB (4 x 16TB) Aluminum Alloy HDD Enclosure with Fan / 150W / UASP Disk Data Storage
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
【4 Bay HDD Enclosure with 64TB Large Capacity】: 4 Bay External Hard Drive Storage Enclosure, Compatible 3.5 inch SATA hard drive HDD, Supports up to 4 x 16TB hard drive, Total capacity up to 64TB. (Not support RAID, Not NAS function)【Super Speed USB3.0 Transfer Speed up to 5Gbps】: This 4 bay...
You should be able to perfectly do it with that hardware.
I would suggest using an arm board since it will eat <5% energy of that setup, and since you plan 24x7 on, it will add expenses.
Check Pine RockPro64[1], as it has USB-3 and USB-C, gigabit ethernet and you can run it from an eMMC card. Then you can attach an USB storage [2] to it.
Beware: The learning curve can be steep. Also, if you go the USB path make sure the board and the cage support UASP as it will significantly speed the cage access and throughoutput.
[1] https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/
[2] https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-External-Enclosure-Support-Aluminum/dp/B07XL2BS53
I have that box and actually don't recommend it for the OPs use. Get this one instead
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003X26VV4/ref=psdcmw_160354011_t1_B003YFHEAC
The difference is that this one does not support raid. It might sound like a good idea to have raid running in the box, but in order to do it so you don't risk corrupting your array you need to use NAS rated drives (i.e. wd red drives). If any of your drives aren't you risk corrupting your array and losing all your data. Instead what I'd suggest is to use the box I linked then run snapraid in OMV ( there's a plugin for it). You don't get real time protection, but for most people it should be good enough.
Also look into using a rock64 instead. It has gigabit LAN and usb 3.0 which should make it much faster.
Flash drives and SSD's are almost exactly the same technology. There is really very little difference in the two if you buy a quality flash drive. I use the flash memory plugin on my SSD. I'm not sure it's 100% required since most SSD's support TRIM, but it doesn't hurt anything.
If you don't want to have your flash drive hanging outside the case.. and you have an internal motherboard header.. you can get a cable to plug the flash drive right into the header.... Obviously you would probably lose an external USB port, but it would protect against someone just snatching the flash drive out of your NAS. That is always my chief concern with external flash drives for the OS. To easy for someone to be looking for a flash drive, "find" the one on your server, then when windows can't write to it, formatting it and maybe not even realize what they done (if they aren't tech savvy)
For USB 2.0
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Motherboard-4-Pin-Header-USBMBADAPT/dp/B000IV6S9S/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=usb+flash+drive+header+cable&amp;qid=1564302415&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-3
For USB 3.0 Headers
https://www.amazon.com/Female-Screw-Panel-Mount-Motherboard/dp/B010NBLRHK/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?keywords=usb+flash+drive+header+cable&amp;qid=1564302415&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-14
I used this unit
Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YFHEAC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_SV42AbEH8MCAA
I started with an Odroid XU4Q but had to switch to an Intel NUC (Celeron) to host OMV4 since some of the plugins I wanted to use were not available on ARM.
It's in a Dock https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00T0ZRAOK/ref=pd_aw_sim_sbs_147_of_13?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=F0MA7G5H7Y5J28C4RT82
I have just built the server as the last one died. This HDD is my backup and I tried to copy to the server but couldn't mount the drive.
It was saying "error something something NTFS something"
So i plugged it into a raspberry pi and transferred the files over the network (which took allot longer than i wanted) and wiped the backup HDD using gparted to ext4.
I have now hooked it up to the server again to back everything up and noticed the serial number is just 000000's
I haven't tried to do anything with it since as i don't want it to mess anything up.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated...