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    Need a pooling solution for my new OI ZFS+SnapRAID server

    After setting up Greyhole (got everything up and running tonight. takes FOREVER when you don't know what you're doing) I figured out it does the exact same thing. The only difference is Greyhole processes jobs every 10 seconds automatically, so your proposed problem can still happen even in a...
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    Need a pooling solution for my new OI ZFS+SnapRAID server

    Yeah, after Googling this and coming up with nothing I figured this was the case. Just wanted to come here and see if there was anything I missed. No separate backups right now, so you're very right. This is a consideration I made and I actually went as far as grabbing a Debian image and...
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    Need a pooling solution for my new OI ZFS+SnapRAID server

    So, since my last threads about building this thing, (first here, then here) I've come what I feel is a long way for someone who only used anything other than Windows for a grand total of maybe 20 hours in his life. I've got OI set up in ESXi with my BR10i passed through. I'm running Napp-it...
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    Electricdoor's (prospective) Final Build Thread for a Home Media Server

    For right now it's just going to be a Amahi (or something I can set up with the features I want from Amahi) type box, and I'll eventually set up Untangle/PFSense on it, too. I'm good about doing plenty of research before I get involved in new tech, so if I want to take the plunge into something...
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    Electricdoor's (prospective) Final Build Thread for a Home Media Server

    Sure did. Thanks for all your help!
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    Electricdoor's (prospective) Final Build Thread for a Home Media Server

    If by "stack" you mean 2 in RAID0 maybe. Hell, even 2 of the better drives could max it out. Poor old cards... lol Since there seems to be no major contention with anything on here, I'm going to go ahead and order everything. Thanks again, guys. :)
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    Electricdoor's (prospective) Final Build Thread for a Home Media Server

    I will never be putting 3TB drives in this array. Call me a geezer, but that newfangled mess is nothing but trouble in my opinion. 2TB has always been my limit and will continue to be most likely until 5TB drives are the new mainstream two-year warranty hunks of junk. I read a post or two of...
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    HA! Parity is just a waste of space I could be filling with all these Linux ISOs!
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    I'd love to get new stuff, but unfortunately my budget is just a touch restrictive. Some folks in this thread suggested some quality parts to base my build off of that I've found in eBay pulls. If you have the time, check out the build thread I linked above and tell me what you think. :) Edit...
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    Started a final build thread. Let's get everything settled for good and ordered sometime today so it'll ship over the weekend. ;) Thanks again for all the help!
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    Electricdoor's (prospective) Final Build Thread for a Home Media Server

    You can catch up with my journey in my starter thread about this build here. Thanks to the wonderfully patient and helpful folks on this forum, I feel like I'm finally able to post a final build and let you IT geniuses rip it to shreds. :D My goal: A >10TiB media server running ESXi so...
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    RAM has gotten very bad lately. I just went to order another pack of 2x4 G.Skills for my gaming rig, and the price has more than doubled. How much RAM would I want for this setup ideally in the long-term? I thought storage servers got by fine with 2-4GB -- even a ZFS rig as long as you don't...
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    Common parts: Case: Rosewill RSV-L4500 $110 PSU: COOLER MASTER GX 450W $50 HBA: IBM SERVERAID M1015 $95 non-IOMMU: Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-F2A85X-D3H $80 CPU: AMD Athlon X2 340 $45 RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) $35 Thumb: Patriot Supersonic Boost XT 32GB (to use as OS drive) $35...
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    Thank you very much for these links. This looks perfect... ...If only I hadn't just gotten done parting up a non-IOMMU build. NOW I'm conflicted. I like the idea of an ESXi build, where I can do other things I'll eventually want to do in the future like run Untangle, but I'll end up paying...
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    Help me decide on a RAID/filesystem for my media server

    HA! After I build this thing the race will be on once again... I guess it's back to the drawing board. I was really hoping I could build something relatively cheap and let the main expense be the HDDs, but I guess that's not going to happen. I've got the money, but it still hurts. lol...
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