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submitted 1 year ago by lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm wondering what the best (cheap) option is to have as much storage as possible. I have two DL380 g7 servers with one running lemmy, npm, wireguard and busy getting nextcloud and jellyfin installed. The other one is to run a Proxmox cluster. Just for fun tbh. Amd if needed spare parts. I only have a few tb of storage. Problem is that these have a 2.5 inch harddrive. So expensive drives. Is it a good idea to just buy more drives which will cost me more in the long run i guess.. Or should i go for a dedicated storage server with 3.5 drives..

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[–] wplurker@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want storage I would go for 3.5“ drives. Cheaper than 2.5“ and you‘ll find bigger capacities, so even with just a few slots it‘s easy to get plenty of Terrabytes.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, you can run a SATA & power extender cable (~~or reroute the existing one unless~~ it’s just a connector soldered to the MoBo) out of the bay and affix a 3.5" drive elsewhere in the box or outside of it.

[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to avoid SMR performance penalties, the 1TB HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HTE721010A9E630 is one of the biggest CMR 2.5" drives I've found, and it's 7200rpm and rated for 24/7 operation to boot.

[–] Krtek@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

BTRFS + Seagate SMR seems to work well in my experience, especially if used like a WORM drive. No 24/7 rating, but 5TB per drive

[–] gvasco@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

could try finding a cheap jbod

[–] lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jbod. I had to search that :D I have jbod laying around. But I'm not sure if they would survive 24/7 needs..

[–] gvasco@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why? They are built for datacenter environment, with the right drives for high density storage they should be just as fine as in a regular server.

[–] Krtek@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Consumer external hard drive enclosures may offer a JBOD mode, I had one from Icy Box for a few days, the transfer rates were good but the little fan didn't cool the hard drives well enough while accessing them. Ended up buying a Define R5 instead