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odd.. that photo wasnt there the other day o_O

EDIT: oh, its "untitled.jpg" looks like they overwrote it LOL
 
Finally, i can post here, 6x320gb SATA 2 Seagates, i am going to put them in raid 5, and i have a SCSI 15k boot that is 36gbs and a 320 seagate IDE, so i should have close to 1.8 terabytes after being put in raid and formated!!
 
Here you go. This isn't counting the main drive, and I'm trying to put everything I've done over the last decade on it as far as video/multimedia is concerned.

My wife cried when I told her how much space I was going to need to fit it all, and I painfully underestimated :( Oh well, time to shop around for some cheap drives now that these are going down.

RAID5
3Ware 9500S-12
Four Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500GB (Advertised) SATA Drives
1.46 T formatted
98% Consumed (Time for another array)
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3 WD Caviar RE2 WD5000YS 500GB in Raid-5 on an ICH8R controller (in an 3 bay IcyDock)

1 Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB Boot Drive, on the ICH8R as well

1 Samsung Spinpoint P SATA-2 250GB on the ICH8R

Total storage 1.32TB. And to think, I still say "megs" sometime when refering to drives (heck, I've got a 40meg external drive for my mac plus that's bigger then an imac in my closet somewhere) I should take it out so that my new tiny corsair 8gb memory stick can laugh at it. BTW - I'm sure there's something wrong with how I set this system up - criticisms not taken personally.
 
My home system finally reached 1TB as shown below. At work we are buying an array of well over 1000 TB, i.e. 1 Petabyte for a contract we are working on. I can't say what it is used for except that it is related to homeland security. The array is obviously not inside the PC (the array has its own room), but it is all available for access by one PC.


1 - Western Digital SE WD5000KS 500 GB Sata
1 - Maxtor 6Y250MO 250 GB Sata
1 - Seagate ST3120026AS 120 GB Sata
1 - WD1200BB 120GB IDE

Ok it's 990 GB not 1TB but I rounded off.

All except the 500 GB are a little long in the tooth, the 500 GB is going into my new Conroe build along with a Raptor.

The WD5000KS is the fastest and least noisy of the 4. I would go so far as to say the WD is the least noisy drive I have ever heard.
 
I guess it is fair to say:

8 WD 250GB SATA drives - 2T total

2 are in a RAID 0
6 are mirrors on various dates.

All for 18GB of real data.
 
Does a server I just built at work count? :D

It's got an 80GB boot disk, 1.5TB RAID-5 array, 900GB RAID-5 array, and another Seagate 750GB for good measure. Total unformatted is 3.23TB and formatted it is 3.008TB.

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Best part was my boss let me build it in a Lian Li V2000... hehe.
 
Raid 5
Highpoint 2220
5x400GB (Formatted 1489.99GB)

Single Drives
1x233.76GB
1x232.88GB
1x114.48GB
1x111.79GB
2x93.16GB
1x279.47GB
1x76.33GB
1x152.66GB
1x19.11GB
1x57.26GB (System)

Total formatted: 2954.05GB

Will have to check why some of these same size drives have different amounts of capacity space.
 


The Three 400gb hd's i ordered from Fry's came in today.
Put me over the 2tb mark : D

I'm going to rebuild that pc in the near future (replacing the generic rackmount case with a new antec quiet rack.

Using onboard sata adaptors and a Promise ata 133. Performance isn't the goal, merely mass storage as it's not access on a 100% basis.
 
Ive started this many times but never finished....
so here goes my current setup...
ACTIVE :
Narya :: Infrant X6 RAID5:: 4 x 500GB SATA Seagate :: SFF Video Server - TV Shows/Cartoons (2TB/1.33TB)
Anduril :: P3/733Mhz CentOS 4 SRAID5 :: 120GB IDE WD - 4 x 5000GB SATA WD5000KS :: SFF Video Server - Music Vids/Movies (2TB/1.33TB)
Angrist 2.0 :: P3/733Mhz CentOS 4 SRAID5 :: 80GB IDE WD - 4 x 320GB SATA WD3200JD :: Rackmounted Music Server - DAARCH (Digital Audio ARCHive) (1.2TB/880GB)
Scatha :: AXP 2800+ FC 5 :: 120GB Seagate - 2 x 400GB IDE Seagate 2 x 500GB USB2 WD5000 :: Daily Workstation (1.8TB/1.67TB)
Roaming :: 3 x 200GB IDE WD2000JB in External USB2 Enclosures :: Desktop Backups

Storage Space not including the OS drive...
Total: 7TB before RAID
Useable: 6.05TB

PLANNED:
Vilya :: 4 x 500GB SATA Drives :: Video Server - Anime
Narsil 2.0 :: 12 x 500GB SATA Drives :: Rackmounted Video/Data Server

RETIRED:
Angrist 1.0 :: P3/733Mhz CentOS 3 - 3ware 8 Port 5800 - SRAID5 :: 20GB IDE WD - 3 x 120GB IDE WD :: Music Server
Narsil 1.0 :: P3/1Ghz - Promise SX6000 :: 6 x 200GB WD2000JB :: Data server

Unused on Shelf :: 4 x 200GB SATA WD2000JD Refurb
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Ive got pics... but i need to find another webhost so I can stick my worklogs of my custom SFF server and other pc projects...
 
Drive C (Blood): 400 GB Western Digital WD400KD (372 GB actual, SATA-II)
Drive D (Milk) : 300 GB Seagate Barracuda ST3300822SS ( (279 GB actual, SATA-II)
Drive E (Sky): 400 GB Western Digital WD400KD (372 GB actual, SATA-II)

Total Advertised Space: 1.1 TB (1,100 GB)
Actual Space: 0.999 TB (1,023 GB)
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Just joined the TB club today, by adding drive E.
 
why not.
C: Lam Esen's Tome - WD3200KS (sata 3.0gb/s)
D: Lazarus - WD3200KS (sata 3.0gb/s)
E: Hephasto - WD3200KS (sata 3.0gb/s)
F: Book of the Dead - WD3200KS (sata 3.0gb/s)
7.2k rpm, 16mb cache
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4 x 320gb, formatted to 4x298
1280 gigs unformatted, 1192 gigs formatted.
 
Ive started this many times but never finished....
so here goes my current setup...
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ACTIVE :
Narya :: Infrant X6 RAID5:: 4 x 500GB SATA Seagate :: SFF Video Server - TV Shows/Cartoons (2TB/1.33TB)
Anduril :: P3/733Mhz CentOS 4 SRAID5 :: 120GB IDE WD - 4 x 5000GB SATA WD5000KS :: SFF Video Server - Music Vids/Movies (2TB/1.33TB)
Angrist 2.0 :: P3/733Mhz CentOS 4 SRAID5 :: 80GB IDE WD - 4 x 320GB SATA WD3200JD :: Rackmounted Music Server - DAARCH (Digital Audio ARCHive) (1.2TB/880GB)
Scatha :: AXP 2800+ FC 5 :: 120GB Seagate - 2 x 400GB IDE Seagate 2 x 500GB USB2 WD5000 :: Daily Workstation (1.8TB/1.67TB)
Roaming :: 3 x 200GB IDE WD2000JB in External USB2 Enclosures :: Desktop Backups

Storage Space not including the OS drive...
Total: 7TB before RAID
Useable: 6.05TB

PLANNED:
Vilya :: 4 x 500GB SATA Drives :: Video Server - Anime
Narsil 2.0 :: 12 x 500GB SATA Drives :: Rackmounted Video/Data Server

RETIRED:
Angrist 1.0 :: P3/733Mhz CentOS 3 - 3ware 8 Port 5800 - SRAID5 :: 20GB IDE WD - 3 x 120GB IDE WD :: Music Server
Narsil 1.0 :: P3/1Ghz - Promise SX6000 :: 6 x 200GB WD2000JB :: Data server

Unused on Shelf :: 4 x 200GB SATA WD2000JD Refurb



Ive got pics... but i need to find another webhost so I can stick my worklogs of my custom SFF server and other pc projects...
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Hey I don't suppose you'd want to share some of that mulitude of videos? (only the legal ones of course)
 
BOOT DRIVE : WD150 Raptor

ICY DOCK 3in2 Hot Swap Internal Drive Enclosure
MUSIC: 2X320GB Seagate with Perpendicular Tech SATA II
WORK DRIVE: 1XSEAGATE 250GB SATAI
ICY DOCK 5in3 Hot Swap Internal Drive Enclosure
VIDEO: 4XWD RE2 WD5000YS SATA II
WORK DRIVE: 1XSEAGATE 500GB SATA II
ICY DOCK eSATA / USB 2.0 External Enclosure

APPLICATIONS / PHOTOS/ GAMES : 2XWD1800 in a Firewire Enclosure

BACKUP: 1XMaxtor 300GB In NAS

4.2 TB Before Formatting
 
DMarti said:
BOOT: WD150 Raptor
MUSIC: 2X320GBSeagate
VIDEO: 4XWD RE2 WD5000YS
APPLICATIONS / PHOTOS/ GAMES : 3XWD1800
BACKUP: 1XMaxtor 300GB Maxline III

3.63 TB Before Formatting
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Define how 3.33TB gets backed up on a 0.3TB disk ;)
 
cyberjt said:
Define how 3.33TB gets backed up on a 0.3TB disk ;)
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I don't back up anything I can easily replace. Just docs, & real life important stuff.
 
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Formatted capacity : 2439.91GB
Spec'ed capacity : 2650.00GB

2x 200GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus
2x 200GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.8
4x 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
1x 250GB Hitachi Deskstar T7K250
2x 160GB Hitachi Deskstar T7K250
 
Fileserver/light gaming box (until I can get a better video card)

eVGA nForce4 SLI x16
2X160 GB Seagate SATA-II's RAID 0 - Onboard nForce4 controller - 320 (298)
2x250 WD 7200 PATA 1Special Editions - RAID 0 - Onboard nForce4 500 (464)
300 GB Western Digital 7200 PATA - Single - Master PATA 2 - 300 (272)
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1120 (1034)

Doesn't count because it's external, but it never leaves this box anyway, so it may as well be inside - eSATA II 400 GB Seagate - 400 (379) 1520 (1431)

I also have 2x40 and 2x60 USB laptop HD's in 2.5 external cases but these don't count either, and they move around with my laptops. I would love to shake the person's hand that came up with the idea of USB powered cases for old laptop hard drives. They are an absolute godsend for laptops and the file deletion challenged (like me, for instance, that still have saved games and Diablo 2 characters from 2002, but cannot seem to run a system for more than 6 months without having to do a format due to upgrades or running out of disk space).

I've been very pleased with this motherboard. A great number of options, and I still have 1 SATA connection that isn't being used.

EDIT: Nope the 400GB doesn't count anyway, because I did move it once I got my ExpressCard eSATA controller :). Now I have 2 SATA connections that aren't being used, so I could pop in another pair !
 
1 Raptor X 150GB 10K RPM Sata1 Sweet eh?
1 Maxtor 250GB IDE
1 Maxtor 200GB IDE
1 WD 320GB IDE
1 Segate 320GB Sata1

Subotal: 1240GB
+1 External 160GB
Total: 1400GB
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I finally made it.

1x 150GB Western Digital Raptor
1x 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
1x 400GB Western Digital WD400KD

Drive: (C) Capacity: 139.73GB Used: 60.19GB Free: 79.54GB
Drive: (D) Capacity: 465.76GB Used: 25.99GB Free: 439.77GB
Drive: (E) Capacity: 357.96GB Used: 311.99GB Free: 45.97GB
Drive: (F) Capacity: 14.65GB Used: 7.88GB Free: 6.77GB
 
Hi people i need some help.

i dont know if i am in the right forum but since this is a terabyte club i was hoping to get some help...

I have a 3ware 9500S 12port. i have 7 - 500 gig drives all same brand, size, etc.
i am on windows 2003 sp1.
drivers are latest for windows and 3ware.

my problem is when i go and migrate a drive in for Online Capacity Expansion. it adds the drive to the raid but in windows it just makes another 500 gig drive.

so i have made a unit at 1.3 raid 0, then when i go to migrate to add a drive without losing data i end up with 1.3 TB and 500GB drives.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is happening.

Now i know i can create all drives at once and get a bigger drive but i dont have that option without losing data. thats why i am doing OCE.



any help is appreciated.
 
Yeah...Wrong thread to request help. No idea what your problem is.

My system -

3 Seagate 7200.10 400gb SATA2 drives in Raid0 for Drive C.

2 Western Digital 250gb SATA2's as my backup in Raid1 for Drive D.

Disk space - 1.7Tb
Configured space - 1.45Tb



 
I just completely rebuilt my fileserver.. Bigger, Badder, more Power Efficient, and significantly Faster
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Current spec:

HARDWARE:
Supermicro 370DL3 Motherboard
2x Pentium 3 1000MHz/256k/133MHz
1.75GB PC133 Registered SDRAM
LSI Logic 300-8X SATA RAID
Intel Pro/100 Intelligent Server Adapter
Matrox Millennium 2 PCI VGA

DRIVES (12 total, all Seagate drives)
10Gb IDE (boot)
36gb u160 SCSI (VMWare Images)
73gb u160 SCSI (VMWare Images)
200Gb IDE (Music mirror 1, Documents mirror 1, Download staging area)
250Gb SATA (Music mirror 2, Documents mirror 2, Media storage)
7x 320gb SATA [6 in RAID5, 1 hotspare] (Video storage)

Total formatted capacity: 1888.55gb after overhead
 
Ten Samsung SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB SATA Drives
One Raptor 36GB SATA Drive (for Windows Server 2k3)
One Maxtor Maxline 3 300GB SATA Drive

Running Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows RAID 5

Total Formatted Array Size
4.09 TB
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I fit all of this in an ancient Lian Li PC60 mid tower. :cool:

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1x74gb
4x160gb
2x320gb
1x80gb
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total: 1434gb "technically" ;)

 
Update to my previous update - 01/09/07

RAID6
Linux Software RAID
Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 4x PCIe (inserted in 16x slot for full 4x availability)
8x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2
1x Western Digital 6.4G IDE (Boot)

Total Space: 2560GB
Total Usable: 1920GB

Average Write: 160MB/sec
Average Read: 260MB/sec



 
when I get my camera empty and my laptop out of use I'll see what I can do about pics...

They're buffalo Terastations...
 
Nn'theraq'pss said:
4.09 TB w/ 4.09 TB free.?!?! That's a crime against humanity. ;)
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Well... it's just been made. I anticipate filling it up withing the next month or so (I have more DVD's than I can handle).
 
My second system to reach terabyte status, I present to everyone - llama.

Antex sx1240
Asus a8n-sli premium (silicon images/nvidia sata x8)
6x gigabit nics for maximal redundancy and bandwidth rapeage
8x Seagate 7200.10 320gb in raid5 - 2.1tb

No real benchies aside from nic throughput yet, it's going to be an 8 hour rebuild :eek:

Oh, I did get 210mb/s writes out of a raid0 test though :cool:

Pic: http://www.hoka.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6334

Stats:
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llama mnt # ps aux | grep resync
root     14433 94.7  0.0      0     0 ?        R<   17:30  78:53 [md0_resync]
root      6618  0.0  0.1   2900   900 pts/0    R+   18:53   0:00 grep --colour=auto resync
llama mnt # uptime && uname -a && lspci
 18:54:08 up  1:41,  2 users,  load average: 1.96, 2.01, 1.99
Linux llama 2.6.18-hardened #20 Tue Dec 19 17:05:37 PST 2006 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
05:06.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
05:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
05:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)

llama mnt # df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3              19G  3.1G   15G  18% /
udev                  250M  164K  250M   1% /dev
shm                   250M     0  250M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/md/0             2.1T  1.5M  2.1T   1% /mnt/raid
 
I used to go to a LAN where they had about 10 10tb in-house servers. They specially built them all, they took mid towers, cut the innards out of them, took steel and, with blueprints, cut holes in them to mount hard drives, and are able to mount about 22 hdd's in a mid tower case. :O
 
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