I was incorrect it is a Thecus N5200 On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 9:04 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > What model? > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 6:30 PM Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> I have been using ZFS almost two years on servers and it is easy to deal >> with drive replacements. I have even switched my desktops and laptops to >> ubuntu 20.04 ZFS for the snapshots. >> Issues are learning ZFS and Raids they are not real hard to learn but >> then replacing drives as they fail = Time vs money saved Do you have the >> Time to learn and spend swapping? >> I have a old synology NAS you or someone else can have that can be >> updated to debian and ZFS 5 bay hot swap, great way to start out >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 5:59 PM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> How many drive are you looking to spin up at one time? Across how many >>> machines? >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 5:39 PM Seabass via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> That is a good question. >>>> Probably not, though. >>>> >>>> Have a software raid version? I need to check what these have, but I >>>> don't think there is much beyond raid1 and raid0. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> On Dec 30, 2020, 4:02 PM, Rusty Ramser < rusty_ramser@hotmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, Seabass. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> RAID-6 comes to mind, since it will support two disk failures >>>> simultaneously... and it sounds like you just may experience that with >>>> these disks. Does your disk controller hardware/software support >>>> configuring a RAID-6 array? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On >>>> Behalf Of *Seabass via PLUG-discuss >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, 31 December 2020 11:01 >>>> *To:* plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> *Cc:* Seabass >>>> *Subject:* Built for Failure >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Weird question: >>>> >>>> I can get a bunch of ancient (~2013) HDDs. Each have varying amounts of >>>> space, and few (if any) are ever the same size. >>>> >>>> These were marked to be disposed, though that is just because of age or >>>> having plenty that are better. Thus I can take them. However, them being >>>> this old, and having found about 3 that eventually broke or never worked, >>>> I'm left with this question: >>>> >>>> Because purchasing new drives takes too long (no idea when/if they >>>> would arrive), I can take as many of the decommissioned drives I'd like. >>>> Seeing as some failed, how does one build a system that is resilient to >>>> drives failing? >>>> >>>> It can be reset as much as wanted, hardware is literally in arm's >>>> reach, and there is not burning need for it to be up immediately. >>>> There is also massive (comparatively) external drive space and as many >>>> live boot USBs as one might desire. >>>> >>>> So how would one build a system that is designed expecting HDD failure >>>> regularly? >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Cole >> Ubuntu Arizona Team >> 2928 W El Caminito >> Phoenix AZ 85051-3957 >> toddc@azloco.com >> 602-677-9402 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Todd Cole Ubuntu Arizona Team 2928 W El Caminito Phoenix AZ 85051-3957 toddc@azloco.com 602-677-9402