From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive storage questions
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 10:07:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9666e12b-854e-bf1e-d9c2-93dae755d7d1@iinet.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2241ac36-e09b-7c63-2f0e-0e84315b24cf@gmail.com>
On 09/11/18 09:43, Dale wrote:
> Jack wrote:
>> On 2018.11.08 20:16, Dale wrote:
>>> Howdy to all,
>>>
>>> I have a interesting problem coming up. Currently, I have two 3TB
>>> drives for my /home mount point. A lot of this is videos but some pdf
>>> files and other documents as well plus a photo collection of family
>>> stuff etc.
>>>
>>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use%
>>> Mounted on
>>> /dev/mapper/Home2-Home2 5.4T 3.7T 1.8T 68% /home
>>>
>>> I've got a little over 25% or so of usable space left. At that point or
>>> shortly thereafter, it could start causing some issues according to what
>>> I've read anyway. Either way, shortly after that, being full will
>>> certainly be a issue. I'm full up on my motherboard SATA ports. Even
>>> if I buy a larger drive or drives, I'd have to unplug one to move things
>>> over and likely repeat that a few times. I could do that and likely
>>> will have to anyway but I'm trying to think a little farther ahead.
>>> Currently I have the more important stuff backed up to a external single
>>> 6TB USB drive, previous thread on that. I'm trying to come up with a
>>> plan that allows me to grow easier and without having to worry about
>>> running out of motherboard based ports.
>>>
>>> I thought about a store bought enclosure with more than one hard drive
>>> that connects by ethernet. The ones I've found are fairly expensive.
>>> Doing it over USB concerns me for other reasons, USB isn't always that
>>> stable. So, internal isn't working out to well long term. Ethernet
>>> based is expensive, what I could find anyway. USB isn't that stable.
>>>
>>> I'm planning to upgrade my current system. Upgrade the CPU, memory and
>>> maybe even the video card as well. I thought about using a older spare
>>> motherboard, those removed components and building a mini system sort of
>>> thing. I could have one small drive for a OS and then add large drives
>>> for storage. Then I can access those from my main system, ethernet I
>>> would guess. Even then, I'd still be limited to the SATA ports on the
>>> MOBO at some point but it would be a ways into the future. So far tho,
>>> this is one of the better ideas. So far. Does anyone else have other
>>> ideas on how to do this? Some method that I've never heard of but
>>> doesn't cost a lot of money to do?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any ideas. I can't think of anything else. ;-)
>>> If you need more info, let me know.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>> If you have space on the mobo for another card, you should be able to
>> get an additional SATA card. I have no idea on prices, but I'd be
>> surprised if it's prohibitive.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>
> I hadn't thought of adding a SATA card. I have a ethernet card and the
> video card and I don't think there are any others. I should have some
> open slots there. Well, that is one idea that I hadn't thought of.
> lol Since I have a LARGE case, Cooler Master HAF-932, I have space for
> more drives. I think this thing holds like nine or ten pretty easy.
>
> Thanks. Another option to look into.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
I have used a mini-pcie board from ebay (takes two sata connections)
alongside a number of other connection types in a btrfs raid 10 for some
months as a temporary expansion - worked fine, but make sure to check
Linux compatibility first.
BillK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-09 2:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-09 1:16 [gentoo-user] Hard drive storage questions Dale
2018-11-09 1:31 ` Jack
2018-11-09 1:43 ` Dale
2018-11-09 2:04 ` Andrew Lowe
2018-11-09 2:07 ` Bill Kenworthy [this message]
2018-11-09 8:39 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-11-09 2:29 ` Rich Freeman
2018-11-09 8:17 ` Bill Kenworthy
2018-11-09 13:25 ` Rich Freeman
2018-11-09 9:02 ` J. Roeleveld
2018-11-11 0:45 ` Dale
2018-11-11 21:41 ` Wol's lists
2018-11-11 22:17 ` Dale
2018-11-09 9:24 ` Wols Lists
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-04-28 8:39 Dale
2015-04-28 14:49 ` Francisco Ares
2015-04-28 15:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2015-04-28 15:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-04-28 17:38 ` Rich Freeman
2015-04-28 18:11 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-04-28 18:31 ` Rich Freeman
2015-04-28 18:41 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-04-29 6:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2015-04-29 7:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-04 7:39 ` Dale
2015-05-04 7:46 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-04 8:13 ` Mick
2015-05-04 8:26 ` Dale
2015-05-04 8:23 ` Dale
2015-05-04 10:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-04 10:40 ` Dale
2015-05-04 11:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-09 10:56 ` Dale
2015-05-09 12:59 ` Rich Freeman
2015-05-09 14:46 ` Todd Goodman
2015-05-09 18:16 ` Rich Freeman
2015-05-04 11:35 ` Rich Freeman
2015-05-04 18:42 ` Nuno Magalhães
2015-05-05 6:41 ` Alan McKinnon
2015-05-05 10:56 ` Rich Freeman
2015-05-05 11:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-05 12:05 ` Mick
2015-05-05 12:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-05 12:39 ` Mick
2015-05-05 12:53 ` Rich Freeman
2015-05-05 21:50 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-05-05 22:21 ` Bill Kenworthy
2015-05-05 22:33 ` Bill Kenworthy
2015-05-04 10:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-28 15:02 ` Rich Freeman
2015-05-04 7:23 ` Dale
2015-05-05 3:01 ` Walter Dnes
2015-04-27 7:41 Dale
2015-04-28 18:25 ` Daniel Frey
2015-04-28 21:23 ` Dale
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