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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




  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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