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Well I've tried once using a mini PC with 1 hdd being connected to it through USB as a pilot test if it works, but the OS consistently shut off or didn't want to boot at some time, cause the HDD got voltage issues. But maybe it could be different for a phone, who knows.
EDIT: For clarification. My pilot test was for seeing if a HDD can be ran through an USB 24/7 without any issues, rather than buying a proper PC and inserting said HDD into it's intended SATA port. The HDD got undervoltage issues from the terminal, because the USB port couldn't supply enough voltage to the HDD, which is not only unreliable for a 24/7 NAS solution, but also may damage the HDD (or the USB port I don't remember anymore) whilst trying to run it under it's required voltage. Also I set my HDD to be auto mounted on boot, and as a safety mechanism Rocky Linux doesn't boot if it has undervoltage issues for one of it's components.
Ok, so I'm confused here... I get why you would attribute the issues you were having to a faulty HDD - that much makes sense - but I'm kind of at a loss as to why you seem to think any of that would apply to OP making a phone into a 'private cloud' for himself?
Hes saying that a HDD or SSD draws too much power for the usb port to handle on his mini pc. This would not be an issue if the drive was externally powered or, for example of he used a dongle that has a power input, the usb hdd or ssd "should" (maybe check the specs of the dongle) draw power directly from the wall and transfer data to the phone, so it shouldnt be an issue. This is actually very useful input even if the user does not plan to boot off the hdd. Definitely could have been worded better tho
Ah, ok, I see. I guess I just got it in my head that OP intended to just throw a high-cap SD card into the phone and call it a day (prolly because I'm lazy and this would be my solution lol) for some reason as opposed to using the phone as more or less a controller for some usb external drives.