I would still use better drives even for home lab. In my opinion, 5400 rpm drives should only be used for slower nas / backup applications if at all. Or grandmas pc to save a few bucks.
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Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI mean homelab server
iamjackflack@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
ftbd@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
This thing sounds like it would eat more power within a month than its hardware is worth. This is fine for a proof of concept, but not much more.