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10-02-2014, 11:22 AM
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Just giving you a hard time QQ. I'd personally go with the RAID 5 configuration if the data you have is uber important and can't be restored. Obviously you'd have the issue of more drives = more heat, however knowing that you can suffer a drive failure and be okay I think it'd be worth it.
The drive bays should be getting plenty of air though. I have good fans pulling and ****ty fans pushing. The good fans are technically radiator fans.
10-02-2014, 11:31 AM
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I've been wanting to get a RAID going... I think I may just get another 3TB drive just so that I can get going again. It's about half the cost of an array even with 1TB drives.
The drive bays should be getting plenty of air though. I have good fans pulling and ****ty fans pushing. The good fans are technically radiator fans.
The drive bays should be getting plenty of air though. I have good fans pulling and ****ty fans pushing. The good fans are technically radiator fans.
Right now I have a NAS at home that holds all my videos since it's a 2TB RAID 1 and I should probably upgrade to a bigger unit with more drives so I can backup my system to it.
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10-02-2014, 11:45 AM
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I've been wanting to get a RAID going... I think I may just get another 3TB drive just so that I can get going again. It's about half the cost of an array even with 1TB drives.
The drive bays should be getting plenty of air though. I have good fans pulling and ****ty fans pushing. The good fans are technically radiator fans.
The drive bays should be getting plenty of air though. I have good fans pulling and ****ty fans pushing. The good fans are technically radiator fans.
Raid is fun. 2 SSD Raid 0 for OS 2 SSD raid 0 for "D" drive. and a bunch of Mechanical drives for media storage. I need to invest in some large mechanical drives to back up all of the movies and music i have spread across 5 TB's. data loss SUCKS and you bringing this up reminds me i need to get some new drives.
10-02-2014, 11:52 AM
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2 3tb drives in Mirror Raid.
Raid is fun. 2 SSD Raid 0 for OS 2 SSD raid 0 for "D" drive. and a bunch of Mechanical drives for media storage. I need to invest in some large mechanical drives to back up all of the movies and music i have spread across 5 TB's. data loss SUCKS and you bringing this up reminds me i need to get some new drives.
Raid is fun. 2 SSD Raid 0 for OS 2 SSD raid 0 for "D" drive. and a bunch of Mechanical drives for media storage. I need to invest in some large mechanical drives to back up all of the movies and music i have spread across 5 TB's. data loss SUCKS and you bringing this up reminds me i need to get some new drives.
10-02-2014, 11:53 AM
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****ty pics are ****ty, but you get the idea.
What kind of PSU are you running? Yeah the 3TB will be the cheaper option out of the gate that's for sure. A nice middle ground in my opinion would be to go with the 3TB internal drive, and then get a NAS with however much storage you want and backup your system to that thing.
Right now I have a NAS at home that holds all my videos since it's a 2TB RAID 1 and I should probably upgrade to a bigger unit with more drives so I can backup my system to it.
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Right now I have a NAS at home that holds all my videos since it's a 2TB RAID 1 and I should probably upgrade to a bigger unit with more drives so I can backup my system to it.
#justsysadminthings
I want my storage inside the computer...
2 3tb drives in Mirror Raid.
Raid is fun. 2 SSD Raid 0 for OS 2 SSD raid 0 for "D" drive. and a bunch of Mechanical drives for media storage. I need to invest in some large mechanical drives to back up all of the movies and music i have spread across 5 TB's. data loss SUCKS and you bringing this up reminds me i need to get some new drives.
Raid is fun. 2 SSD Raid 0 for OS 2 SSD raid 0 for "D" drive. and a bunch of Mechanical drives for media storage. I need to invest in some large mechanical drives to back up all of the movies and music i have spread across 5 TB's. data loss SUCKS and you bringing this up reminds me i need to get some new drives.
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10-02-2014, 11:57 AM
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What kind of PSU are you running? Yeah the 3TB will be the cheaper option out of the gate that's for sure. A nice middle ground in my opinion would be to go with the 3TB internal drive, and then get a NAS with however much storage you want and backup your system to that thing.
Right now I have a NAS at home that holds all my videos since it's a 2TB RAID 1 and I should probably upgrade to a bigger unit with more drives so I can backup my system to it.
#justsysadminthings
Right now I have a NAS at home that holds all my videos since it's a 2TB RAID 1 and I should probably upgrade to a bigger unit with more drives so I can backup my system to it.
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You can build your own nas box too. That might be my next step pick up an empty 4 bay nas and fill with drives.
10-02-2014, 01:02 PM
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Nas boxes can get expensive. the 2 bay units are not so bad but when you step 4 bays it isn't so cheap. My last Nas box was around 900 new with only two drives but room for 2 more, Manufacturer requested it back after having it for close to two years. My good friend writes reviews for Maximum PC a few websites and another magazine and had given it to me to use/abuse/test and we both had thought they didn't want it back. Moving 4 TB's of movies and music back to the internal HDDs was SOOOOOO much fun!!
You can build your own nas box too. That might be my next step pick up an empty 4 bay nas and fill with drives.
You can build your own nas box too. That might be my next step pick up an empty 4 bay nas and fill with drives.
10-02-2014, 01:13 PM
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A 9TB black Hole of storage would be nice. I would do a Nas or a File/home server for that though. I already want to remove all but 1 mech drive from my tower and put them into a nas or file server.
10-02-2014, 01:34 PM
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I have a bunch of bays in my tower. Might as well load them up with a bunch of drives. And then I just have one box. Not a tower and then a storage box next to it.
IDK, I just have a weird desire to keep everything in one box. That same desire made the water loop... interesting.
IDK, I just have a weird desire to keep everything in one box. That same desire made the water loop... interesting.
10-02-2014, 01:59 PM
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I have a bunch of bays in my tower. Might as well load them up with a bunch of drives. And then I just have one box. Not a tower and then a storage box next to it.
IDK, I just have a weird desire to keep everything in one box. That same desire made the water loop... interesting.
IDK, I just have a weird desire to keep everything in one box. That same desire made the water loop... interesting.
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