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On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:00 AM Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 30/09/21 22:50, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > I'm in the study phase on some sort of NAS backup system for my home. |
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> > I'll be building (or buying) a new desktop/server machine in the next |
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> > few months - my i980 machine doesn't have the right instruction set for |
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> > running Tensorflow anymore - so I want to figure out backups before I |
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> > put together the new machine. |
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> Okay, your NAS box is going to be shut down most of the time? Why not |
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> re-purpose your old box as the NAS? If it was running a lot, I'd be |
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> concerned about the power consumption,but here it sounds okay. |
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The number 1 reason would be I want the backup system running |
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_before_ I decommission this old box. I'd like to spend some time |
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using the old box, running backups, learning the software, etc, before |
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the new machine comes online. |
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Still it's a possibility. I could live on my old laptop for a few months, |
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take the current server machine, decommission, rebuild it, bring up |
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the NAS/backup solution/whatever it is. It's possible. |
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This old machine is now about 10 years old. It's a big Cooler Master |
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case, 6 or 8 removable drive bays, heavy. It collects dust and |
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sometimes the fans are quite noisy. If I was going this direction |
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I think I'd have to tear the whole thing down, redo the case fans at |
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least. If I did all that then I think I'd use it for the new machine, |
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but you do have a point. |
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> > I have about $400 credit at NewEgg and would like to keep my additional |
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> > costs on the NAS down to about $100-$200. I expect the new machine to |
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> > probably be 4TB RAID but it would be quite a while before that gets |
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> > filled up. |
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> If that includes buying new drives, you're pushing your luck here ... a |
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> new "suitable for raid" 4TB drive will probably blow that budget in one |
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hit! |
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Currently my thinking about hardware was pretty modest: |
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https://www.newegg.com/synology-ds220/p/N82E16822108743 |
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and a couple of 4TB drives at $100+ would be in the $500-$500 range. |
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I know NOTHING about boxes like that in terms of OS or maintaining |
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them. |
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Will respond to the rest of the post when I get back from lunch in |
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Phoenix. 2 hour drive to meet up with the bass player in one of |
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my college progressive rock bands. (It's tough being in your |
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60's...) |
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Thanks much, |
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Mark |
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