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On 09/12/2022 01:15, Dale wrote: |
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> Given the size of one of the directories I have, it takes two drives, or |
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> soon will, and the use of LVM or something similar. I can't do that as |
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> it is now. I've even wondered if I hooked two eSATA drives up and gave |
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> both plenty of time to spin up if LVM would see them both and me be able |
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> to use two drives as one that way. Thing is, I don't know how LVM |
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> reacts if the two drives become available at separate times, maybe even |
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> many seconds or a minute or so apart. |
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If you're using LVM to link them together, it will wait until they |
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become available. Okay, not quite the same, but I run raid over |
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dm-integrity, and it always unnerves me when systemd fires up this job |
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and it says "waiting for lvm/home". But the system just sits there while |
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dm-integrity checks its drives, makes them available, raid spots and |
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loads them, and then the raid is there, lvm spots it, makes lvm/home |
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available, and the system is up and running ... |
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> My problem is a growing directory. I admit, It's not increasing as fast |
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> as it was. When I was on DSL, it limited my speed a lot. With this new |
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> fiber internet, I can download huge amounts of data in a really short |
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> period of time. I can download it faster than I can verify it. I'm |
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> still checking things I downloaded over a month ago. I'm having fun |
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> doing it tho. 😉 |
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> I thought about breaking up that huge directory. Split it into two |
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> parts, the 'a' through 'l' and 'm' through 'z' thing. Then use two |
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> drives to back it up. |
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I think you're going to have to ... |
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> Thing is, the external drive enclosures that I |
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> really like and trust, I can't buy anymore. They are Rosewill eSATA |
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> drive enclosures. It has a fan to keep things cool and a display on the |
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> front. They are really nice and rock solid. All the USB type drive |
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> enclosures I've tried caused all sorts of problems. I bricked a couple |
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> hard drives and eventually, the enclosures wouldn't work at all. The |
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> Rosewill enclosures are the most stable things I've ever seen. I wish I |
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> could find a few more of them, as spares if nothing else. |
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Yup, that's my experience of USB, too. It just isn't reliable. And |
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anything that works and you like, they discontinue! |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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