I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any recommendations?
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID > enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any > recommendations?
I was think of doing two. One with live data and another for backups.
I picked up a SansDigital 4 drive raid enclosure (~175 on Amazon), but it has already failed. I'd like a thunderbolt enclosure since they will be attached to a Mac mini, but I can't find any that don't already have drives.
I'm not in short suplly of drives. I have 12 1TB drives and 4 500GB 3.5" drives. Plus several 2.5 500GB drives.
- Mike
On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:50 PM, patrick <patrickpecor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been pondering doing the same what is your budget? Is is for live data, backup or media server?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any recommendations?
Whats your budget? There are very few mother boards out right now that support thunderbolt but would be ideal for a RAID 0 for live data and you could get a less powerful board for the backup system of which I would recommend freeNAS. Thunderbolt boards are upward of $200 sans CPU RAM and case.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 8:05:36 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> I was think of doing two. One with live data and another for backups.
> I picked up a SansDigital 4 drive raid enclosure (~175 on Amazon), but it > has already failed. I'd like a thunderbolt enclosure since they will be > attached to a Mac mini, but I can't find any that don't already have drives.
> I'm not in short suplly of drives. I have 12 1TB drives and 4 500GB 3.5" > drives. Plus several 2.5 500GB drives.
> - Mike
> On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:50 PM, patrick <patrick...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote:
> I've been pondering doing the same what is your budget? Is is for live > data, backup or media server?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID >> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any >> recommendations?
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:13 PM, patrick <patrickpecor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whats your budget? There are very few mother boards out right now that
> support thunderbolt but would be ideal for a RAID 0 for live data and you
> could get a less powerful board for the backup system of which I would
> recommend freeNAS. Thunderbolt boards are upward of $200 sans CPU RAM and
> case.
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 8:05:36 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> I was think of doing two. One with live data and another for backups.
>> I picked up a SansDigital 4 drive raid enclosure (~175 on Amazon), but it
>> has already failed. I'd like a thunderbolt enclosure since they will be
>> attached to a Mac mini, but I can't find any that don't already have drives.
>> I'm not in short suplly of drives. I have 12 1TB drives and 4 500GB 3.5"
>> drives. Plus several 2.5 500GB drives.
>> - Mike
>> On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:50 PM, patrick <patrick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've been pondering doing the same what is your budget? Is is for live
>> data, backup or media server?
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID
>>> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any
>>> recommendations?
> I would also recommend a second machine with FreeNAS
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:13 PM, patrick <patrickpecor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Whats your budget? There are very few mother boards out right now that
>> support thunderbolt but would be ideal for a RAID 0 for live data and you
>> could get a less powerful board for the backup system of which I would
>> recommend freeNAS. Thunderbolt boards are upward of $200 sans CPU RAM and
>> case.
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 8:05:36 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> I was think of doing two. One with live data and another for backups.
>>> I picked up a SansDigital 4 drive raid enclosure (~175 on Amazon), but it
>>> has already failed. I'd like a thunderbolt enclosure since they will be
>>> attached to a Mac mini, but I can't find any that don't already have drives.
>>> I'm not in short suplly of drives. I have 12 1TB drives and 4 500GB 3.5"
>>> drives. Plus several 2.5 500GB drives.
>>> - Mike
>>> On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:50 PM, patrick <patrick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've been pondering doing the same what is your budget? Is is for live
>>> data, backup or media server?
>>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID
>>>> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any
>>>> recommendations?
I'm using FreeNAS in a VM environment and have had some trouble getting
ACLs working correctly. That said, it's nothing I couldn't fix with the
console.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:06 PM, tavshed <tavs...@tavshed.com> wrote:
> My goal was to reduce the number of computers, but FreeNAS does look good.
> - Mike
> On Oct 5, 2012, at 9:04 PM, Marc M <marcmdm2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Man I wish I had a few of those 12 1TB drives
> > Back on topic
> > I would also recommend a second machine with FreeNAS
> > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:13 PM, patrick <patrickpecor...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Whats your budget? There are very few mother boards out right now that
> >> support thunderbolt but would be ideal for a RAID 0 for live data and
> you
> >> could get a less powerful board for the backup system of which I would
> >> recommend freeNAS. Thunderbolt boards are upward of $200 sans CPU RAM
> and
> >> case.
> >> On Friday, October 5, 2012 8:05:36 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> >>> I was think of doing two. One with live data and another for backups.
> >>> I picked up a SansDigital 4 drive raid enclosure (~175 on Amazon), but
> it
> >>> has already failed. I'd like a thunderbolt enclosure since they will be
> >>> attached to a Mac mini, but I can't find any that don't already have
> drives.
> >>> I'm not in short suplly of drives. I have 12 1TB drives and 4 500GB
> 3.5"
> >>> drives. Plus several 2.5 500GB drives.
> >>> - Mike
> >>> On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:50 PM, patrick <patrick...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I've been pondering doing the same what is your budget? Is is for live
> >>> data, backup or media server?
> >>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> >>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in
> RAID
> >>>> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt).
> Any
> >>>> recommendations?
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID > enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any > recommendations?
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID > enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any > recommendations?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID
>> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any
>> recommendations?
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:39 AM, James Harr <james.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, FreeBSD's [and FreeNAS's] NFS server is pretty crash happy. Kevin --
> any comments on this?
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:00 PM, patrick <patrickpecor...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID
>>> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any
>>> recommendations?
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any recommendations?
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID > enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any > recommendations?
Plan is to connect to Max Mini running OS X Server and share it for other Macs to access.
USB 2.0, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt
I'd like to plug it in and leave it. All our pics, videos, stuff we never want to have disappear will be on it. I will have it backed off to an offsite NAS.
- Mike
On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:00 PM, The_IndustrialPhreak <mdkle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What hardware and bus drives do you have to bring to the table?
> Do you want something set and forget or something you need to attend regular OLUG meetings to maintain?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any recommendations?
> Plan is to connect to Max Mini running OS X Server and share it for other Macs to access.
> USB 2.0, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt
> I'd like to plug it in and leave it. All our pics, videos, stuff we never want to have disappear will be on it. I will have it backed off to an offsite NAS.
> - Mike
> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:00 PM, The_IndustrialPhreak <mdkle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What file system are you planning on?
>> NTFS, HFS+, EXT~x, or drum roll ZFS.
>> What hardware and bus drives do you have to bring to the table?
>> Do you want something set and forget or something you need to attend regular OLUG meetings to maintain?
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any recommendations?
Then just set up a RAIDZ2 on it and plug the Mac Mini via gigabit to your router and share it with the rest of the machines.
May still be cheaper to build a custom machine. ZEVO is limited to 16TB based on the limited RAM you can put on most Macs and it doesn't have de-duplication like freeNAS. Though I think it is the best to go with your Mac Mini controller.
On Saturday, October 6, 2012 6:43:51 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
> Should be Mac not Max
> - Mike
> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:24 PM, tavshed <tav...@tavshed.com <javascript:>> > wrote:
> Plan is to connect to Max Mini running OS X Server and share it for other > Macs to access.
> USB 2.0, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt
> I'd like to plug it in and leave it. All our pics, videos, stuff we never > want to have disappear will be on it. I will have it backed off to an > offsite NAS.
> - Mike
> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:00 PM, The_IndustrialPhreak <mdkl...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote:
> What file system are you planning on?
> NTFS, HFS+, EXT~x, or drum roll ZFS.
> What hardware and bus drives do you have to bring to the table?
> Do you want something set and forget or something you need to attend > regular OLUG meetings to maintain?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID >> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any >> recommendations?
> Then just set up a RAIDZ2 on it and plug the Mac Mini via gigabit to your > router and share it with the rest of the machines.
> May still be cheaper to build a custom machine. ZEVO is limited to 16TB > based on the limited RAM you can put on most Macs and it doesn't have > de-duplication like freeNAS. Though I think it is the best to go with your > Mac Mini controller.
> On Saturday, October 6, 2012 6:43:51 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>> Should be Mac not Max
>> - Mike
>> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:24 PM, tavshed <tav...@tavshed.com> wrote:
>> Plan is to connect to Max Mini running OS X Server and share it for other >> Macs to access.
>> USB 2.0, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt
>> I'd like to plug it in and leave it. All our pics, videos, stuff we never >> want to have disappear will be on it. I will have it backed off to an >> offsite NAS.
>> - Mike
>> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:00 PM, The_IndustrialPhreak <mdkl...@gmail.com> >> wrote:
>> What file system are you planning on?
>> NTFS, HFS+, EXT~x, or drum roll ZFS.
>> What hardware and bus drives do you have to bring to the table?
>> Do you want something set and forget or something you need to attend >> regular OLUG meetings to maintain?
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in RAID >>> enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Any >>> recommendations?
>> Then just set up a RAIDZ2 on it and plug the Mac Mini via gigabit to your >> router and share it with the rest of the machines.
>> May still be cheaper to build a custom machine. ZEVO is limited to 16TB >> based on the limited RAM you can put on most Macs and it doesn't have >> de-duplication like freeNAS. Though I think it is the best to go with your >> Mac Mini controller.
>> On Saturday, October 6, 2012 6:43:51 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>> Should be Mac not Max
>>> - Mike
>>> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:24 PM, tavshed <tav...@tavshed.com> wrote:
>>> Plan is to connect to Max Mini running OS X Server and share it for >>> other Macs to access.
>>> USB 2.0, FireWire 800, Thunderbolt
>>> I'd like to plug it in and leave it. All our pics, videos, stuff we >>> never want to have disappear will be on it. I will have it backed off to an >>> offsite NAS.
>>> - Mike
>>> On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:00 PM, The_IndustrialPhreak <mdkl...@gmail.com> >>> wrote:
>>> What file system are you planning on?
>>> NTFS, HFS+, EXT~x, or drum roll ZFS.
>>> What hardware and bus drives do you have to bring to the table?
>>> Do you want something set and forget or something you need to attend >>> regular OLUG meetings to maintain?
>>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00:38 PM UTC-5, tavshed wrote:
>>>> I have many 500GB and 1TB hard drives and would like to put them in >>>> RAID enclosures and attach to a Mac Mini (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). >>>> Any recommendations?
Ended up using a four bay RAID USB 3.0 enclosure that attaches to the Mac Mini for local files.
I then loaded up drives in a couple year old computer box and installed Debian. Ran rsync over ssh locally and then dropped the computer off at my parents.
WiFi connection at their house, but the bottleneck is their cable modem bandwidth.
In the end I have plenty of local redundant space and an off-site backup.
On Saturday, December 1, 2012 11:18:30 PM UTC-6, tavshed wrote:
> Ended up using a four bay RAID USB 3.0 enclosure that attaches to the Mac > Mini for local files.
> I then loaded up drives in a couple year old computer box and installed > Debian. Ran rsync over ssh locally and then dropped the computer off at my > parents.
> WiFi connection at their house, but the bottleneck is their cable modem > bandwidth.
> In the end I have plenty of local redundant space and an off-site backup.
No, I decided to stick with what I know. Several of the ideas were compelling, but finding the time to fully explore was not available. I'll review them again if I find the time.
- Mike
On Dec 2, 2012, at 11:15 PM, patrick <patrickpecor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, December 1, 2012 11:18:30 PM UTC-6, tavshed wrote:
> Ended up using a four bay RAID USB 3.0 enclosure that attaches to the Mac Mini for local files.
> I then loaded up drives in a couple year old computer box and installed Debian. Ran rsync over ssh locally and then dropped the computer off at my parents.
> WiFi connection at their house, but the bottleneck is their cable modem bandwidth.
> In the end I have plenty of local redundant space and an off-site backup.
