[kwlug-disc] Adding storage to a rack mount server

[Colin Mackay]

>Paul Nijjar
>What comes to mind is using a cheap QNAP RAID1 device. (There are
>other manufacturers too, but in the application I saw the IT people
>went with QNAP.) They seemed to have fairly reliable software updates,
>and they appear to run Linux under the hood.

I'll have a look at the QNAP devices, see if anything falls into my price
range.  Thanks!  There are so many and the reviews seem to be spotty at
best for the cheaper ones.


*>William Park*
>The cheapest option would be NFS.  Mount the desktop from 2U server.
>$0.00 hardware cost.  Zero hardware change.

This is true!  But this also requires me keeping the other 'server' intact
in some way.  I'd prefer to switch it back to a desktop that doesn't have
to be on all the time.  Yes!  I actually turn some computers off. :D


>L.D. Paniak
>I would not be surprised if the HP drive controller only talks to
HP-branded (expensive!) drives.
>You probably want to test with a 2.5" drive you have around before
spending any cash on upgrades.

Apparently not!  I've found lots of forums that state the 410i RAID
controller seems to be quite happy chatting to regular 2.5" SATA disks.


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Thanks for all the comments folks.  The irony of all this is that last
night, while attempting to start the server, it stopped powering on for
me.  I suspect either memory, or a CPU.  Luckily I have oodles of both to
try swapping out.  Hopefully it's not the motherboard.  While there is
another I can use, one of the CPU sockets is physically damaged.

Regards,
Colin

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:04 AM, L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>
wrote:

> I would not be surprised if the HP drive controller only talks to
> HP-branded (expensive!) drives.
> You probably want to test with a 2.5" drive you have around before
> spending any cash on upgrades.
>
>
> On 09/13/2017 03:20 PM, Colin Mackay wrote:
>
> Greetings.
>
> I have come into possession of a DL380 G6 2U server to replace the desktop
> server I have at home.  The desktop has two internal, 3.5" 2TB SATA drives,
> in a software raid 1.  Currently I have 8 2.5" 146GB SAS drives in the new
> server, but I'd like to increase space at as low a cost as possible.
>
> All I use the drives for are MythTV recordings and general storage of
> pictures and documents.  Current usage is 1.1TB or 638GB without Myth
> recordings. :)
>
> My options seem to be:
>
> 1. buying 2x 2.5" 2TB SATA drives
>   - About $250
>   - Probably most reliable option
>
> 2. Using my current two drives in a USB RAID1 device
>   - Cheaper, but...
>     - No idea which one to use, there are dozens of them.
>     - Not sure how I'd know if a drive failed
>
>
> I planned to use ESX on this server, so if I did go with USB option, not
> certain of the reliability of mounting USB drives on a guest OS.
>
>
> Any thoughts, or suggestions out there?  Something I haven't thought of?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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