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 TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CE50138334 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 01:31:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A7ED2E0CA4; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 01:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yb1-f176.google.com (mail-yb1-f176.google.com [209.85.219.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37F99E0C9A for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2018 01:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb1-f176.google.com with SMTP id n140-v6so230952yba.1 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:31:30 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:subject:to:references:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding; 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charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4aa96b83-29a1-466e-aec6-3ac12eaf83a1 X-Archives-Hash: 9c7f696e32dac8ecf873f3c0cc7b24e2 On 2018.11.08 20:16, Dale wrote: > Howdy to all, >=20 > I have a interesting problem coming up.=A0 Currently, I have two 3TB > drives for my /home mount point.=A0 A lot of this is videos but some pdf > files and other documents as well plus a photo collection of family > stuff etc.=A0 >=20 > Filesystem=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 = =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 Size=A0 Used Avail Use% > Mounted on > /dev/mapper/Home2-Home2=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 5.4T=A0 3.7T=A0 1.8T=A0 68% /h= ome >=20 > I've got a little over 25% or so of usable space left.=A0 At that point =20 > or > shortly thereafter, it could start causing some issues according to =20 > what > I've read anyway.=A0 Either way, shortly after that, being full will > certainly be a issue.=A0 I'm full up on my motherboard SATA ports.=A0 Eve= n > if I buy a larger drive or drives, I'd have to unplug one to move =20 > things > over and likely repeat that a few times.=A0 I could do that and likely > will have to anyway but I'm trying to think a little farther ahead.=A0 > Currently I have the more important stuff backed up to a external =20 > single > 6TB USB drive, previous thread on that.=A0 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.=A0 >=20 > I thought about a store bought enclosure with more than one hard drive > that connects by ethernet.=A0 The ones I've found are fairly expensive.= =A0 > Doing it over USB concerns me for other reasons, USB isn't always that > stable.=A0 So, internal isn't working out to well long term.=A0 Ethernet > based is expensive, what I could find anyway.=A0 USB isn't that stable.= =A0 >=20 > I'm planning to upgrade my current system.=A0 Upgrade the CPU, memory =20 > and > maybe even the video card as well.=A0 I thought about using a older =20 > spare > motherboard, those removed components and building a mini system sort =20 > of > thing.=A0 I could have one small drive for a OS and then add large =20 > drives > for storage.=A0 Then I can access those from my main system, ethernet I > would guess.=A0 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.=A0 So far =20 > tho, > this is one of the better ideas.=A0 So far.=A0 Does anyone else have othe= r > ideas on how to do this?=A0 Some method that I've never heard of but > doesn't cost a lot of money to do?=A0 >=20 > Thanks in advance for any ideas.=A0 I can't think of anything else.=A0 =20 > ;-)=A0 > If you need more info, let me know.=A0 >=20 > Dale >=20 If you have space on the mobo for another card, you should be able to =20 get an additional SATA card. I have no idea on prices, but I'd be =20 surprised if it's prohibitive. Jack=