2012-03-08, 14:07
Also worth adding a UPS in case of a power supply failure. If the server is working at the time of a power cut you could lose more than one drives worth of data.
T800 Wrote:Also worth adding a UPS in case of a power supply failure. If the server is working at the time of a power cut you could lose more than one drives worth of data.I completely agree. I think it's worth it just from a pure convenience perspective. You can setup the system so that it will automatically shut itself off when the UPS batteries are nearly depleted and it works wonderfully. So the only time I need to touch the server is if I want to make upgrades to it or if the power is off for more than about 1.5 hours - and in that case I just need to hit the power button to turn it back on. Building a home media server (unraid or anything else) is probably the best decision I have ever made.
T800 Wrote:Also worth adding a UPS in case of a power supply failure. If the server is working at the time of a power cut you could lose more than one drives worth of data.
(2012-03-21, 21:51)bumperjeep Wrote: You need a parity and a cache drive if you are using SAB right? SAB cannot write straight to the array?You can install sab onto a cache drive, a data drive in the parity protected array, or a non-array drive. The beauty of using it on a non-array drive is that you can use this method with the free version. If you have a paid license then the cache drive is probably the way to go. The last resort is to put it onto a data drive in the array - but I would not recommend doing this.
(2012-03-22, 00:50)wsume99 Wrote:(2012-03-21, 21:51)bumperjeep Wrote: You need a parity and a cache drive if you are using SAB right? SAB cannot write straight to the array?You can install sab onto a cache drive, a data drive in the parity protected array, or a non-array drive. The beauty of using it on a non-array drive is that you can use this method with the free version. If you have a paid license then the cache drive is probably the way to go. The last resort is to put it onto a data drive in the array - but I would not recommend doing this.
(2012-03-22, 15:34)Tycho91 Wrote: Why don't you use RAID 5? RAID 5 places spreads the parity over all the disks
(2012-03-22, 16:44)TugboatBill Wrote:(2012-03-22, 15:34)Tycho91 Wrote: Why don't you use RAID 5? RAID 5 places spreads the parity over all the disks
And it spins all the disk all the time and if 2 drives fail you lose the entire array and all the data on it. Raid 5 is an excellent solution for a business server. For a media NAS it isn't very good.