Posts by Atratus

1) Message boards : News : Server Downtime March 28, 2022 (12 hours starting 00:00 UTC) (Message 72524) Posted 5 Apr 2022 by Atratus Post: I have suggested we all chip in and buy some up to date hardware. Quite how Tom came up with 10 grand just for SSDs I don't know. Or you could rent some cloud resources and attach them to the project to help speed up clearing the ready to send queue? I am renting out some azure and aws offerings to help speed this up a bit Hi Tom, Hi all, this is just a calculation. I have compared what my Raid6 will cost to Backup in a cloud and it were too expensive. So, I had bought my 8 x8TB Hard Drives and built my own Raid6@Home And, what should I say: It runs since 5 Years like a Charm 24/7 :-) The only things I had to do were some managements (installing Upgrades, Cleaning the Fans). Here is the german price from today: https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/6639979_-ironwolf-8tb-st8000vn004-seagate.html There is no need to choose the cheapest Drive. If you have some more traffic, just choose a helium (it's cooler) or a higher level Drive (lasts longer). Just for the high frequented Spaces you should choose a ssd which is just acting like a buffer... This is just my opinion, but I have also my own Raid6 with just 64TB (Useable Space ~45TB) This is a lot of fun :-) -- Kind Regards Atratus
2) Message boards : News : Server Downtime March 28, 2022 (12 hours starting 00:00 UTC) (Message 72262) Posted 27 Mar 2022 by Atratus Post: Hi Tom, Thank you for this Info. As my RAID6 rebuilt the last Time is took 4 Weeks. My Setup was 8x8TB Drives. Next Time I took all my Data off the Storage, exchanged the Drive and Intialized from Scratch and took my Data back on the Storage. This took only 2 Days and was a little quicker ;-) I hope things will come back running again... <crossedfingers> -- Kind regards Atratus