<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap">>Paul Nijjar</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">>What comes to mind is using a cheap QNAP RAID1 device. (There are</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>other manufacturers too, but in the application I saw the IT people</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>went with QNAP.) They seemed to have fairly reliable software updates,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>and they appear to run Linux under the hood.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">I'll have a look at the QNAP devices, see if anything falls into my price range. Thanks! There are so many and the reviews seem to be spotty at best for the cheaper ones.</span></div><div></div><div><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="cursor: pointer;"><br><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>>William Park</b></span><br><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="font-size:12.8px"><tbody></tbody></table></div><div class="gmail-qQVYZb" style="font-size:medium"></div><div class="gmail-utdU2e" style="font-size:medium"></div><div class="gmail-btm" style="font-size:medium"></div><div class="gmail-aHl" style="font-size:medium"></div><div id="gmail-:100" tabindex="-1" style="font-size:medium"></div><div id="gmail-:zp" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adP gmail-adO" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d">>The cheapest option would be NFS. Mount the desktop from 2U server.<br>>$0.00 hardware cost. Zero hardware change.</div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><br></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d">This is true! But this also requires me keeping the other 'server' intact in some way. I'd prefer to switch it back to a desktop that doesn't have to be on all the time. Yes! I actually turn some computers off. :D</div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><br></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><br></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap">>L.D. Paniak</span><br></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>I would not be surprised if the HP drive controller only talks to HP-branded (expensive!) drives.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>You probably want to test with a 2.5" drive you have around before spending any cash on upgrades.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap"><br></span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Apparently not! I've found lots of forums that state the 410i RAID controller seems to be quite happy chatting to regular 2.5" SATA disks.</span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-----</span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks for all the comments folks. The irony of all this is that last night, while attempting to start the server, it stopped powering on for me. I suspect either memory, or a CPU. Luckily I have oodles of both to try swapping out. Hopefully it's not the motherboard. While there is another I can use, one of the CPU sockets is physically damaged.</span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d">Regards,</div><div id="gmail-:zo" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15e7e773151a9b5d">Colin</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:04 AM, L.D. Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com" target="_blank">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I would not be surprised if the HP drive controller only talks to
HP-branded (expensive!) drives.<br>
You probably want to test with a 2.5" drive you have around before
spending any cash on upgrades.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div class="m_7813864696396002269moz-cite-prefix">On 09/13/2017 03:20 PM, Colin Mackay
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<div dir="ltr">Greetings.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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. :)</div>
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<div>My options seem to be:</div>
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<div>1. buying 2x 2.5" 2TB SATA drives </div>
<div> - About $250</div>
<div> - Probably most reliable option</div>
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<div>2. Using my current two drives in a USB RAID1 device</div>
<div> - Cheaper, but...</div>
<div> - No idea which one to use, there are dozens of them.</div>
<div> - Not sure how I'd know if a drive failed </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Any thoughts, or suggestions out there? Something I
haven't thought of?</div>
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Thanks!</div>
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