With two drives you can double your storage, but halve you MTBF (mean tme
between failure), or effectively double your MTBF for the original capacity
(RAID 0 vs RAID1). LVM across two disks has essentially the same problem as
RAID0 in this case.
I would seriously think about 3 drives and RAID 5
i can not recommend the Qnap Ts-412 NAS enough...
small, takes 4 drives (i currently have 4x2TBs) with green drives its
almost silent and powers down and uses very little energy
its got a linux base and has ssh access and oodles of functions and services
and its bloody cheap too!
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I'm pleased with my Netgear Stora, but only as a result of OpenStora:
http://www.openstora.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Leo
On 31/05/12 15:37, Rob Malpass wrote:
Hi all
Thanks for your replies. I think I'm going down the DIY route.
On a related note, one thing I want to do is have all
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On 31/05/12 11:39, Rob Malpass wrote:
> I'm looking for a NAS device / media server - need a recommendation
> please.
>
HP Microserver vote here. I have one with 8x2TB running btrfs and it's
great. Of course you can start small with the disk that com
On 31.05.2012 13:30, Tony Whitmore wrote:
On 31.05.2012 11:39, Rob Malpass wrote:
So I guess my question is - why not build a machine myself
instead of the microserver? Quietness isn't much of an issue
because it'll be in a room separate to the TV. Are there any other
considerations here?
On 31.05.2012 15:37, Rob Malpass wrote:
On a related note, one thing I want to do is have all these files in
one
folder - which is impossible as they need to span across two physical
drives. So what I have at present is:
Physical Drive a: 1973-2001
Physical Drive b: 2002-2012
Is there a way
Hi all
Thanks for your replies. I think I'm going down the DIY route.
On a related note, one thing I want to do is have all these files in one
folder - which is impossible as they need to span across two physical
drives. So what I have at present is:
Physical Drive a: 1973-2001
Physical D
On Thu, May 31, 2012 13:30, Tony Whitmore wrote:
[snip]
> The following spring to mind:
> Power consumption (& therefore running cost)
An "anecdotal" tick for HP (in the absence of power consumption data)
> Physical space
Good on that!
> Availability of spares/replacements
This is actually a
On 31.05.2012 11:39, Rob Malpass wrote:
So I guess my question is - why not build a machine myself
instead of the microserver? Quietness isn't much of an issue
because it'll be in a room separate to the TV. Are there any other
considerations here?
The following spring to mind:
Power consump
I was tempted to get one of those hps myself I like the design of them is there
a option to get one of units without microshite home server? Lowering the cost.
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On 31 May 2012, at 12:11, "Jan Henkins" wrote:
> Hello Rob,
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 11:39, Rob Malpass wrote:
>
Hello Rob,
On Thu, May 31, 2012 11:39, Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm looking for a NAS device / media server - need a recommendation
> please.
>
> 1) Needs to be able to store 4TB+ of data so presumably need at least 2
> drive bays.
>
> 2) Needs to be on 24/7
>
> I was thinking (and this lis
On 31 May 2012 11:39, Rob Malpass wrote:
> question is - why not build a machine myself instead of the microserver?
> Quietness isn't much of an issue because it'll be in a room separate to the
> TV. Are there any other considerations here?
power consumption
speed
space
aesthetics
reliability
o
Save the money and build it yourself freenas is they way to go. I had a old
Pentium 3 server running over a year with no downtime loaded it up with a few
decent sized SCSI drives happy days, Current got a dell power edge 800 running
comes with a SATA controller so loaded up a few decent sized dr
I see no reason not to build it yourself. Depending on the criticality of
your data you may wish to consider a RAID system, which you can do through
Linux in software. You might like to look at some mini-itx motherboards
that are around. Some are quite impressive. The case is likely to be the
thing
Hi all
I'm looking for a NAS device / media server - need a recommendation please.
1) Needs to be able to store 4TB+ of data so presumably need at least 2
drive bays.
2) Needs to be on 24/7
I was thinking (and this list has previously raved about) a HP microserver.
However this gives m
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