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On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 11:36 AM Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > DAS is direct-attached-storage. I don't think you want that. |
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> Depends. If it fits in the safe, and can be connected using one of these |
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> eSATA thingy connectors, it might be a very good choice. |
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First, I Agree about 300% with everything you posted in this response. |
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However |
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Rich and I have mentioned RPi 4 type solutions and I don't personally know |
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of any that have eSATA outputs, but it's possible. There are some RPi case |
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that can hold M.2 and SSD devices but the ones I looked at get there through |
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a USB port. |
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> > Synology (sp?) is sort of a big name in home & small office NAS boxes. |
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> > You can buy the boxes with or without drives. I suspect you won't like |
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> > the prices. |
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> I've been looking :-) I think the empty box costs more than the drives |
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> you're going to put in it ... |
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Certainly more than I would want to spend. However with Dale talking |
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about 14TB, 16TB, 20TB possibly not. I just cannot imagine Dale |
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spending that much money on hardware! ;-) |
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> > I wonder if you might consider what data on your backups needs to be |
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> > immediately available and which doesn't. Possibly buy an 8TB USB drive, |
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> > take a bunch of the lower priority data off of your current backup thus |
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> > system freeing space and move on from there? |
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> > I built my NAS devices using old computers ala Wol's suggestion to me |
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> > maybe a year ago. They work for me but don't have the fastest network |
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> > interfaces. |
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> I get the impression Dale isn't actually PLANNING his disk storage. It's |
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> just a case of "help I'm downloading all this stuff where do I put it!!!" |
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> How much storage do you have in your actual computer? How much space do |
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> you need IN ONE PARTITION? Can you get an external disk caddy that you |
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> just slot bare drives in? |
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This is a good point. With planning he could have multiple 4TB type |
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drives with 2 or 3 slots and you plug in the drive you want to use |
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that day. It would take some minor planning but it's not a huge deal |
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and as larger drives become less expensive over time he could swap |
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out a 4TB for 8TB or higher, etc, as he needed to. |
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If it has the performance he needs he could start with drives he |
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already has and then upgrade over time moving data around |
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after he does his planning. ;-) |
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- Mark |
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