Comment on Finished my 10" rack (for now)
Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoShopping aliexpress most are 2.5 drives. I get that they’re lower power but 3.5 drives offer much more storage…
Comment on Finished my 10" rack (for now)
Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoShopping aliexpress most are 2.5 drives. I get that they’re lower power but 3.5 drives offer much more storage…
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 5 weeks ago
I’m all on SSDs since I don’t need that much storage, so 2.5 is what I need anyways. There’s a 3x ZFS mirror of 1.8TB SSDs in there, 4th bay is currently empty.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Damn. Ethernet is indeed your bottleneck there. I love your rack but I’d go more for a higher storage configuration.
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 5 weeks ago
Yeah maybe I’ll try to fit in some faster Ethernet adapters at some point, but currently it’s mostly just the daily VM snapshots and since those are automated, the speed isn’t that important anyways. Just in case of a potential recovery.
Offsite backup at some family member’s place is planned at some point as well, but not fully thought through yet.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I have a peer that manages his father’s IT needs.
He setup loads of server stuff there with an IPSEC tunnel to home so he does cross backup back between the sites. He’ll setup something like a game server at the office on a VM mapped to an obscure port then a registered domain so the family can game together. Fun stuff.
He doesn’t charge his dad for IT needs. They just expense all the server stuff to the business along with a secure location (building has proper physical security) with managed AC for his heavier 24/7 server needs. He can also order decent gear for the rack.