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Jack wrote: |
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> On 2018.11.08 20:16, Dale wrote: |
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>> Howdy to all, |
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>> I have a interesting problem coming up. Currently, I have two 3TB |
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>> drives for my /home mount point. A lot of this is videos but some pdf |
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>> files and other documents as well plus a photo collection of family |
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>> stuff etc. |
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>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% |
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>> Mounted on |
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>> /dev/mapper/Home2-Home2 5.4T 3.7T 1.8T 68% /home |
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>> I've got a little over 25% or so of usable space left. At that point or |
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>> shortly thereafter, it could start causing some issues according to what |
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>> I've read anyway. Either way, shortly after that, being full will |
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>> certainly be a issue. I'm full up on my motherboard SATA ports. Even |
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>> if I buy a larger drive or drives, I'd have to unplug one to move things |
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>> over and likely repeat that a few times. I could do that and likely |
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>> will have to anyway but I'm trying to think a little farther ahead. |
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>> Currently I have the more important stuff backed up to a external single |
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>> 6TB USB drive, previous thread on that. I'm trying to come up with a |
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>> plan that allows me to grow easier and without having to worry about |
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>> running out of motherboard based ports. |
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>> I thought about a store bought enclosure with more than one hard drive |
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>> that connects by ethernet. The ones I've found are fairly expensive. |
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>> Doing it over USB concerns me for other reasons, USB isn't always that |
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>> stable. So, internal isn't working out to well long term. Ethernet |
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>> based is expensive, what I could find anyway. USB isn't that stable. |
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>> I'm planning to upgrade my current system. Upgrade the CPU, memory and |
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>> maybe even the video card as well. I thought about using a older spare |
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>> motherboard, those removed components and building a mini system sort of |
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>> thing. I could have one small drive for a OS and then add large drives |
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>> for storage. Then I can access those from my main system, ethernet I |
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>> would guess. Even then, I'd still be limited to the SATA ports on the |
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>> MOBO at some point but it would be a ways into the future. So far tho, |
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>> this is one of the better ideas. So far. Does anyone else have other |
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>> ideas on how to do this? Some method that I've never heard of but |
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>> doesn't cost a lot of money to do? |
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>> Thanks in advance for any ideas. I can't think of anything else. ;-) |
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>> If you need more info, let me know. |
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>> Dale |
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> If you have space on the mobo for another card, you should be able to |
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> get an additional SATA card. I have no idea on prices, but I'd be |
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> surprised if it's prohibitive. |
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> Jack |
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I hadn't thought of adding a SATA card. I have a ethernet card and the |
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video card and I don't think there are any others. I should have some |
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open slots there. Well, that is one idea that I hadn't thought of. |
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lol Since I have a LARGE case, Cooler Master HAF-932, I have space for |
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more drives. I think this thing holds like nine or ten pretty easy. |
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Thanks. Another option to look into. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |