RE: OT - Multi-Terrabyte storage via ZFS for the home ;-)

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi Phil,
>
> Interesting ... do you have a single volume?  or multiple
> volumes / SMB shares?

Multiple physical volumes but which are mainly accessed through one single
open shared directory via the use of shortcuts and symbolic links.

Other (non-public) shares are separately published on the network and
password protected.

> How can you add / upgrade drives ?

Pull out a spare caddy, bolt in a drive, format it and add it to wherever I
want it to go by modifying a batch file ... takes maybe 15 minutes?

> The SATA backplane's are certainly a good idea.

Best purchase I made - they were very noisy but I replaced the fans in them
and now the whole server is quiet enough that it runs in my bedroom whilst
I'm "between houses".

> I like the idea of using some older kit but it always seems to die
just
> after a month or two after the initial build.

To be honest I usually find that the "older" kit is more
reliable!

Phil



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