Will this Samsung NVMe m.2 internal SSD work as a data disk for Homeassistant. It is housed in a pluggable USB enclosure, it is USB C compatible up to USB 3.1 gen 2 speeds.
I am currently running HAOS on my Odroid N2+ with a 32GB emmc module. I have concerns about lifetime and reliability. I see under Settings → System → Storage → there is a function to move the data disk.
Could I just plug it into the powered USB hub where my Zigbee and Z-Wave sticks are? Will this affect my backup created daily using the Samba Backup plugin?
I have the 2TB version of the drive in my HA-Yellow for a few months now. It has been working without issue. My is in the available NVMe m.2 slot on the PI board.
Thank you. Did you use the “Move Data Disk” function in Homeassistant?
Yes I did.
My backups are to that disk, Then I have Samba enabled so I can copy off back up once a month to my desktop.
I formatted the entire NVMe using ext4. Plugged it into my Linux computer and it recognized it fine.
Plugged it into my powered USB hub which is plugged into my Odroid, rebooted HA, and tried to change the data drive, but it did not see it. It only saw a drive called SA08G which I believe is the MicroSD card also in the Odroid.
Any guesses as to why it doesn’t appear?
I do not know if the HA software supports a needed system drive on the USB port. Backup or external data like media is.
Sorry, didn’t understand your response. You indicated you have an Odroid and you were able to plug in NVMe and it was recognized by the “Change Data Location” procedure. I was wondering why I don’t see the drive using that procedure.
In my response, you miss read or misunderstood. I have a HA-Yellow PI, my drive is mounted to the PI board using the expansion slot for it
Sorry, misunderstood. I recall that HA Blue used the Odroid, I assumed the Yellow did as well.
Okay with the new release of HA OS 10, you may have to wait for that support (USB), it is coming but was not ready for release.
Read all of the post of some issues users are running into. YMMV
Bit confused lordwizard. The function under settings-system-storage dot dot dot change data drive showed my NVMe. Are you saying it will not work? Or worse!
They were some issue with the USB support. But since you say you can see it under the change data drive. You can try it, but first do a full backup. Copy that backup off on to some thing else in case you need to restore. Best of luck.
I tried. It recognized the NVMe. I walked away for an hour so I wouldn’t be watching and waiting. It then would not boot HAOS Odroid. Had to re-install completely.
Later I plugged the NVMe into my linux machine, it was recognized and had what looks like HA data on it. Attached screenshot.
That I believe was the issue, it sees as straight data device, not a boot device. Which a lot of users are talking about currently.
No, I was not trying to boot off the SSD, it was using HA’s data copy function. I have read that you can’t reliably boot off an SSD, this was just for data. So the MicroSD and the EMMC in the Odroid should have booted properly into the system.
I am having the same issue … using almost the same exact hardware (though i am using a samsung NVMe 960 evo 500gig SSD). I formatted the SSD to ext4 and was able to see it on a windows PC. I plugged it into the HA unit and restarted. I was not wanting to boot from it but rather just move the datafiles.
I tried using the “Move Datadisk” function via the UI. It initially shows the Samsung device but when i select it within a min or so it tells me that the device is invalid or non existing.
I have tried several options via CLI and have had no luck.
So what i understand from this thread is that there is a bug and that we need to potentially wait for a solution before we can add a USB Drive with this configuration.
I was successful this morning. Posted it here, doesn’t show up yet, do mods approve all posts?
