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Re: "Finally setting up a home NAS"
i am too verbose, realize it. so the story is, in the last update i used two ssds for the / of the os, as mirrored raid. and two 10tb hdds that aren't mirrored via raid. every 7 days the script would mount the second drive and sync the data. that way if i removed something accidentally, there was a probability it would be still on the second drive.
interestingly, second drive failed. but i still have hope that it is the wire, not the drive. i'll get my server back home, and i'll be able to experiment with it, change the wires, let's see.
Jul 31 · 3 months ago
Finally setting up a home NAS — On a whim yesterday I decided to check out the local university's used-surplus sale. I was hoping to find a tape player or maybe a PDA. I found neither of those, but I *did* find a 6-bay NETGEAR ReadyNAS box for $75, so I snatched that up. When I got home I stuck a junk HDD in it to confirm that it worked, and was able to get it set up through the online interface. It only had a bit of dust that needed to be blown out. I next needed to buy disks... The...