From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A7BB158095 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:15:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0C07E0923; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pf1-x42b.google.com (mail-pf1-x42b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::42b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4741CE08C3 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf1-x42b.google.com with SMTP id y141so57428pfb.7 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:15:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc; bh=3GZXLHEeLHKomjkD7HLzkaRfPxEU1IoKSQzNFHAXqzI=; b=hW+j5kzsF2u11Pg0DEd5TWNA8AOxPJ5OL3RCm+3zILoo14EOxKnJhcC3Jih0njFdme JT76pXnhZiHc9apRtJEVgfVrTzl3RFHmldkPrEV21MTLVk99qy/LsxF51E+xddLKlj6X cVRh2aGtKBguwH+1dDXV51CCvpBmdRGzCG7a1Q10WzHjj5jui+HYNnvUsngXCNfT5fnP eSp9mjRAWPTTIyo47MJQkVeln901wBNhV85XsyV06U7IrWjO+h5k3UImvdWUiuq+Ap48 UH8XDR2rkiBeul4B0oN8i+RdVYIG+QHAqbqWoIspuBJ6feaDyAsaJbtBg7rTTM6Z2peZ RyXA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=3GZXLHEeLHKomjkD7HLzkaRfPxEU1IoKSQzNFHAXqzI=; b=P6Wh8bSwTHJLPK5RjsC0h2K9Y+8M/576OjsO4UrpT+J3ZUo8jc41To+7OEEcUa9+Wa 5mzi25zLT3MJYI21f7ITTGj727G6YIqHGd2dULbb59L8MIJ8ZWnsaUaWVBQ8f+ble2F3 zuvCjqEEkPnG0667v80zHrUI4BiTognr+2yxiAll4AFbP1CHF3MKA/Ir3v6IA3RWJlem UMu8SqTSR451GzUJi/jWwHZ01qWAUaICf2kR72i/HA9Ve1hwEnCuoPHK56OagCIm1ezz aqt86WqsClC30cN/RnVEeOXPIp5ZRG9kO19m1iS7to7atX4CMGihdo4jbz0QUBsx1YP7 nKjw== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo3S4fYwcD3dbyxc8xMEIQ0w1exbYuKnZRCsf1ZnzEQvY3b2X7oT q/cA2pqVibR2oHQGCEkFff4+Ua6hbsV4LvsL7jTZ46O8 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR4r0sVx3x4FG3LeVo05Yy1Y/+opS+kaEeSQlU6Q0STTIVpegvOPgOlzL7h64EKC+srhkXHw9G+v50GF1MK3580= X-Received: by 2002:a65:4d0e:0:b0:42a:88f7:d723 with SMTP id i14-20020a654d0e000000b0042a88f7d723mr1230917pgt.400.1661472950018; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <57a9895b-9357-17f1-8fb5-d0ede952eefc@gmail.com> <20220819042614.bj5crtjkgszbnshh@grusum.dhaller.de> <289fe32e-2815-c361-ea80-73d8df539417@iinet.net.au> <6f3feff2-eac9-f6ec-4a3c-c511cf469603@gmail.com> <6e3ee99d-46da-4cdf-93ed-838591a50f67@users.sourceforge.net> <12905e2c-f3ad-b7b9-78e1-4604e38f8a8e@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <12905e2c-f3ad-b7b9-78e1-4604e38f8a8e@gmail.com> From: Mark Knecht Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:15:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fd652405e719d0da" X-Archives-Salt: 0cf822e9-6b33-4b10-95a2-81432af1d003 X-Archives-Hash: d65b41fd4cce7716877f5f4022a5d3f3 --000000000000fd652405e719d0da Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 4:59 PM Dale wrote: > I may do some mobo hunting shortly. See what little thing I can buy > that is powerful enough. I don't think a Raspberry Pi is enough. It > gets close tho. Biggest thing, I'd need a lot of SATA ports. LOTS of > them. Granted, I had a couple of old cases which lowered the cost but I went to a local computer store and bought used motherboards that came with processors and memory. They were both Core i7 but I paid only about $75 each. I needed power supplies and hard drives so each machine ended up around $350 or so by the time I was done. Each has 2 4TB drives for storage and a 1TB drive for the OS. A lot of used motherboards have on-board VGA and Gb/S networking. These are TrueNAS machines, FreeBSD not Linux, but they have a Linux version now if that makes you more comfortable. I'd stick with AMD64 as it's better tested and I don't think you'll get the network throughput you need to be fast with a Raspberry Pi --000000000000fd652405e719d0da Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 4:59 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
<= ;SNIP>
> I may do some mobo hunting shortly.=C2=A0 See what little= thing I can buy
> that is powerful enough.=C2=A0 I don't think a= Raspberry Pi is enough.=C2=A0 It
> gets close tho.=C2=A0 Biggest thi= ng, I'd need a lot of SATA ports.=C2=A0 LOTS of
> them.

<= div>Granted, I had a couple of old cases which lowered the cost but
I went to a local computer store and bought used motherboards
= that came with processors and memory. They were both Core i7
but = I paid only about $75 each. I needed power supplies and hard drives
so each machine ended up around $350 or so by the time I was done.=
Each has 2 4TB drives for storage and a 1TB drive for the OS. A lot
of used motherboards have on-board VGA and Gb/S networking.

These are TrueNAS machines, FreeBSD not Linux, but they h= ave
a Linux version now if that makes you more comfortable.=C2=A0=

I'd stick with AMD64 as it's better teste= d and I don't think you'll
get the network throughput you= need to be fast with a Raspberry Pi
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