For future reference, what does something like those set you back? And how hard is it to configure? I have ~9-10TB of media atm with 0 backup Though I've been pretty successful in predicting drive failure and getting everything off in time so farmax wrote:
I always seem to be out of HDD space and my file server is out of space for more HDDs too. Already had to ghetto something together for 4 of the drives. So I've been thinking.
Pick up 2 of these
Fill one up with 1.5TB drives, fill the other up with 1TB drives. I'm choosing those HDD sizes because I already have a couple of 1 and 1.5TB drives. The Lian-Li enclosure looks high quality enough. Has a 140mm fan for keeping everything cool.
Run RAID 5 on each of the enclosures. So I'd have a 6TB array (4x1.5TB + parity disk) and a 4TB array (4x1TB + parity disk). Then span one large partition over both arrays for a total of one 10TB partition. There won't be anything really important on there. Just a bunch of media and such. Still, I'd be protected against a drive crapping out.
Are there any problems with windows when it comes to disks that large? I'd probably be using Server 2008 R2 Standard.
Yes? No?
Great.burnzz wrote:
server R2 should see it.
we're a netware outfit, cutting over to M$. what i've seen so far, is 4 tb in array - no reason i can see that it won't scale . . .
No. If a disk dies, the RAID 5 will be able to rebuild it. If another disk in the other array dies, its RAID 5 can also rebuild it. If 2 disks die simultaneously in the same array, I'm fucked. But if I want to protect against that I'd need to shell out way more. Not worth it for a couple of HD movies and porn. I have a 500GB RAID1 array + offsite backup for my important dataFloppY_ wrote:
I might have read it wrong... but if you stripe the drives for a total of 10TB you wouldn't be proctected since a stripe works kinda lika a chain.. if a join breaks, the entire chain goes....
Enclosures are $250 each, a 1TB disk is $99, a 1.5TB disk is $119. Although prices outside of switzerland will probs be a bit lower.Winston_Churchill wrote:
For future reference, what does something like those set you back? And how hard is it to configure? I have ~9-10TB of media atm with 0 backup Though I've been pretty successful in predicting drive failure and getting everything off in time so far
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Yeah, HDDs are cheaper here. What about difficulty of setting them up? MS Server should be fairly straightforward right?
Should be no problem. Disk management, new partition, done
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Got the tubing today. Tygon 16/12,7mm. Rad changed to beefier XSPC 360. BTW is it ok to use Nickel plated EK supreme lt in same loop with regular copper acetal block? I ordered the nickel one through mistake.
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Bought two Samsung Spinpoint F3 drives today.
Short stroked them to 100GB each and put them in RAID0, will post benchmarks soon
Short stroked them to 100GB each and put them in RAID0, will post benchmarks soon
short stroking?Sydney wrote:
Bought two Samsung Spinpoint F3 drives today.
Short stroked them to 100GB each and put them in RAID0, will post benchmarks soon
explain plz?
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Apparently Apple's New Macbook Pro isn't for srs gamers.
Guess what, I run BC2 on my OLD Macbook Pro just fine...
Guess what, I run BC2 on my OLD Macbook Pro just fine...
Using only the first 100GB of each disk.FloppY_ wrote:
short stroking?Sydney wrote:
Bought two Samsung Spinpoint F3 drives today.
Short stroked them to 100GB each and put them in RAID0, will post benchmarks soon
explain plz?
Also, I get up to 260MB/s read
Also, I'm expecting a third F3 soon.
HDDs are ment to be filled, SSDs are for speed.Sydney wrote:
Using only the first 100GB of each disk.
Also, I get up to 260MB/s read
Also, I'm expecting a third F3 soon.
3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
I'm getting faster than SSD for 1/5th of the price for equal size.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
HDDs are ment to be filled, SSDs are for speed.Sydney wrote:
Using only the first 100GB of each disk.
Also, I get up to 260MB/s read
Also, I'm expecting a third F3 soon.
Aren't you forgetting something. Load times.Sydney wrote:
I'm getting faster than SSD for 1/5th of the price for equal size.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
HDDs are ment to be filled, SSDs are for speed.Sydney wrote:
Using only the first 100GB of each disk.
Also, I get up to 260MB/s read
Also, I'm expecting a third F3 soon.
+ did you get those F3s for 25€ each?
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It will be good.. just dont use an aluminium block or parts in the loop.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Got the tubing today. Tygon 16/12,7mm. Rad changed to beefier XSPC 360. BTW is it ok to use Nickel plated EK supreme lt in same loop with regular copper acetal block? I ordered the nickel one through mistake.
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Solid state drives aren't really about raw, sequential throughput. There's not really any challenge in matching SSD sequential read throughput with traditional drives for a lower price.Sydney wrote:
I'm getting faster than SSD for 1/5th of the price for equal size.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
HDDs are ment to be filled, SSDs are for speed.Sydney wrote:
Using only the first 100GB of each disk.
Also, I get up to 260MB/s read
Also, I'm expecting a third F3 soon.
What 1TB external HDD should I get... I was going to get a WD My Book Essential but are there better options for a similar price?
Self-assembled > allLittle BaBy JESUS wrote:
What 1TB external HDD should I get... I was going to get a WD My Book Essential but are there better options for a similar price?
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Have I got a deal for you then.
I have a 18GB IDE harddrive that makes a lot of noise and it comes in an external enclosure. Still works! And you don't even have to reformat because I don't have anything on it!
I have a 18GB IDE harddrive that makes a lot of noise and it comes in an external enclosure. Still works! And you don't even have to reformat because I don't have anything on it!
ugh...mtb0minime wrote:
Have I got a deal for you then.
I have a 18GB IDE harddrive that makes a lot of noise and it comes in an external enclosure. Still works! And you don't even have to reformat because I don't have anything on it!
External SATA was my suggestion ofc
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
But it's vintage! It's a collectible!
ugh...mtb0minime wrote:
But it's vintage! It's a collectible!
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Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Bah, who cares!? It still connects with USB 2.0
C'mon, I know someone wants it. $500. Helluva deal. I'll even throw in the enclosure for free!
C'mon, I know someone wants it. $500. Helluva deal. I'll even throw in the enclosure for free!
Yeah, except I need one this weekend (cbf explaining lol) and I'm only using it with my laptop so eSATA isn't a necessity (since my laptop doesn't have eSATA), but if it came bundled, it would be a bonusFloppY_ wrote:
Self-assembled > allLittle BaBy JESUS wrote:
What 1TB external HDD should I get... I was going to get a WD My Book Essential but are there better options for a similar price?
€50 each, and that's the cheapest you can get them for in this damn country.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Aren't you forgetting something. Load times.Sydney wrote:
I'm getting faster than SSD for 1/5th of the price for equal size.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
HDDs are ment to be filled, SSDs are for speed.
+ did you get those F3s for 25€ each?
I am expecting a third drive as well
400MB/s read anyone?
Pff, €50Sydney wrote:
€50 each, and that's the cheapest you can get them for in this damn country.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Aren't you forgetting something. Load times.Sydney wrote:
I'm getting faster than SSD for 1/5th of the price for equal size.
+ did you get those F3s for 25€ each?
I am expecting a third drive as well
400MB/s read anyone?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146252
I still have to Raid0 mine.. need to find some space so I can do a reinstall..
I've filled 730GB since 24th February!
neener neener neener
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