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…

  • eth0slash0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Usually, the larger the drive, the less $ per GB. 16 and 18 TB drives for example would be where you would want to aim for if you’re starting out fresh.

    If you want to mix and match what you already have, unRaid is an option that does that well.

  • ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.deEnglish
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      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.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        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.deEnglish
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          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