The server currently houses 8 hard drives on a RAID-Z2, this gives me a total of 1.8TB of storage and a speed of 112MB/s for both read and write which is a considerable upgrade over the Synology NAS I have been using for the past 10 years or so.
The power consumption of the server is as follows :
25W for the fans, the switch and the pikvm
155W total when the server is on but idle ( + fans + switch + pikvm )
170W total when the server has big file transfers ( + ... )
230W peak during the boot but it was quite short
The server seems to heat the enclosure a bit ( an extra 2 degrees Celsius / 4 degress Farenheit ) and although it seems more than enough for now, I will have to consider a good upgrade for when the other computers will be running.
TrueNAS Core link : https://www.truenas.com/download-truenas-core/
PiKVM website : https://pikvm.org/
PiKVM DIY assembly guide : https://pikvm.org/diy/
Timestamps :
00:00 : intro
01:47 : installing TrueNAS Core and troubleshooting HDDs
04:20 : jank screwdriver setup
05:54 : HDD swapping
06:50 : HDD fan upgrade
08:43 : TrueNAS second HDD attempt
09:20 : installing a raid card
10:12 : assembling the breadboard for the pikvm
13:33 : pikvm first connection
15:02 : server reassembly
15:59 : power usage benchmark
16:54 : sound test
17:36 : temperatures check
17:58 : conclusion
19:11 : bloopers