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From: Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive storage questions
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:31:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <KTXESVJ3.TFCIM3QU.3JDVFSBO@ET2TY6YP.5XEWIMUY.FACCOI4S> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b5365ed-5cca-54b3-0da7-bbbe697b4c40@gmail.com> (from rdalek1967@gmail.com on Thu Nov  8 20:16:45 2018)

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

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-09  1:31 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 [this message]
2018-11-09  1:43   ` Dale
2018-11-09  2:04     ` Andrew Lowe
2018-11-09  2:07     ` Bill Kenworthy
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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