[kwlug-disc] Adding storage to a rack mount server

[William Park]

If you don't have problem with appearance and handling, then get
SATA/power extension cable out from the 2.5" bays, and plug your 3.5"
harddisks.
-- 
William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:41:14AM -0400, Colin Mackay wrote:
> At the moment all my KODI shares are on the 'desktop' server, all stored on
> a single USB drive with no redundancy.  *slaps hand*  Bad.
> 
> I really wanna get away from *this* desktop doing anything important.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Charles McColm <
> charlesm at theworkingcentre.org> wrote:
> 
> > I did this for about a year with our KODI server mounting the 1TB drive in
> > another machine. That drive developed non-fatal SMART errors, but it was a
> > few years old, went through several power-outages with no UPS, and was a
> > Seagate 1TB model known to have issues. I was able to pull off all the data
> > on to a 2TB drive later, but we stopped using the 1 TB drive.
> >
> > Our XBMC/KODI server NFS mounted the drive, which was stored in a box in
> > another room. This was how we stored our ripped movies for a good 1+ years.
> >
> >
> > Charles McColm, cr at theworkingcentre.org
> > http://www.theworkingcentre.org/cr/
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: kwlug-disc [kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] on behalf of William Park
> > via kwlug-disc [kwlug-disc at kwlug.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:36 PM
> > To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> > Cc: William Park
> > Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Adding storage to a rack mount server
> >
> > The cheapest option would be NFS.  Mount the desktop from 2U server.
> > $0.00 hardware cost.  Zero hardware change.
> > --
> > William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 03:20:42PM -0400, Colin Mackay wrote:
> > > Greetings.
> > >
> > > I have come into possession of a DL380 G6 2U server to replace the
> > desktop
> > > server I have at home.  The desktop has two internal, 3.5" 2TB SATA
> > drives,
> > > in a software raid 1.  Currently I have 8 2.5" 146GB SAS drives in the
> > new
> > > server, but I'd like to increase space at as low a cost as possible.
> > >
> > > All I use the drives for are MythTV recordings and general storage of
> > > pictures and documents.  Current usage is 1.1TB or 638GB without Myth
> > > recordings. :)
> > >
> > > My options seem to be:
> > >
> > > 1. buying 2x 2.5" 2TB SATA drives
> > >   - About $250
> > >   - Probably most reliable option
> > >
> > > 2. Using my current two drives in a USB RAID1 device
> > >   - Cheaper, but...
> > >     - No idea which one to use, there are dozens of them.
> > >     - Not sure how I'd know if a drive failed
> > >
> > >
> > > I planned to use ESX on this server, so if I did go with USB option, not
> > > certain of the reliability of mounting USB drives on a guest OS.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any thoughts, or suggestions out there?  Something I haven't thought of?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
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