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Part 3: Building Direct Attached Storage
Part 3 of building the DAS storage. I repaired the workstation and got the direct attached storage (DAS) connected. 8*4TB SAS drives configured for now as a BTRFS Raid 1 mirror. Gives me 15TB of usable space. I will do … Continue reading
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Tagged 32TB, btrfs, computer storage, DAS, direct attached storage, hard drives, hdd, homemade, NAS, raid, SAS, sas hdd, storage, unraid
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Part 2: Building Direct Attached Storage
Part two of the creation of the 32TB external direct attached storage (DAS) box. I want to keep the costs down, its a bit homemade. Here I just cover the the assembly, as the motherboard in the computer I was … Continue reading
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Tagged 32TB, btrfs, computer storage, DAS, direct attached storage, hard drives, hdd, homemade, raid, SAS, sas hdd, storage, unraid
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Part 1: Building Direct Attached Storage
I have fourteen 4TB SAS drives, 8 of which I am going to use in a homemade 32TB external direct attached storage (DAS) box. I will be using an old case that I have going spare. To connect it up … Continue reading
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Tagged 32TB, btrfs, computer storage, DAS, direct attached storage, hard drives, hdd, homemade, raid, SAS, sas hdd, storage, unraid
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Running a Java OpenJDK Docker in Unraid
To allow me to use my UNRAID server to upload data into databases I built a OpenJDK Java Docker. The Docker runs a script which executes a Java program. I am not sure if this how you are supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged computing, data science, Docker, Java, linux, neo4j, OpenJDK, server, unraid
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UNRAID GPU Passthrough – needed a tweak
To get my NVidia GT710 to passthrough to a Windows VM in UNRAID I had to tweak my boot options. I needed to add “video=efifb:off” to the UNRAID OS boot config. Now the GPU passes through no problems.
Posted in Hardware, Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged boot config, GPU Pass Through, GPU Pass-through, gpu passthrough, nvidia, unraid, video=efifb:off, virtual machines, virtualisation, virtualization, VM, windows vm
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UNRAID – What do I use it for!? Neo4J Network visualisation.
Quick video on what I use my UNRAID server for. I introduce using the UNRAID to serve the Neo4J database that runs some network visualisation for the website Algorithmic Indexing. Neo4J network visualisations form an important part of my academic … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged 3d.js, database, graph visualisation, hdd, home storage, neo4j, network visualisation, storage server, unraid, unraid setup
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UNRAID Almost Finished! Just need loads of HDDs.
I have more or less stopped fiddling with my UNRAID system. Upgraded to 128GB of RAM and another nvme m.2 drive in the cache. I need the GPU and then loads of the HDDs and I will have a great … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged dual m.2., hdd, home storage, mvme m.2, storage server, unraid, unraid setup, virtual machines, ZX-DU99D4 V1.11
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UNRAID System Build with the ZX-DU99D4 V1.11 motherboard, 64GB of ram, and two Xeon E5-2650LV3 CPUs
UNRAID build log! Building my new UNRAID server with Chinese X99 dual CPU motherboard from eBay, its the ZX-DU99D4 V1.11. Two Xeon E5-2650LV3 and 64GB of Ram (both used of eBay). This will be a great base system for playing … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Linux Tips, Technology
Tagged Chinese X99, coolermaster, DDR4 ECC, dual cpu, Dual Xeon, Intel X99, system build, unraid, Upgrade, x99, Xeon E5-2650LV3, ZX-DU99D4
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Homemade DAS – Part1
I am building a direct attached storage (DAS) case that I will attach to my workstation using an external SAS card. External RAID DAS cases for SAS drives are not cheap so homemade it is! So far I have been … Continue reading
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Tagged 32TB, btrfs, computer storage, DAS, direct attached storage, hard drives, hdd, homemade, NAS, raid, SAS, sas hdd, storage, unraid
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Using Unraid for rsync (backintime) backup and External Drive Replacement
I decided to replace a bunch of external hard drives with an UNRAID server. Setup to work with rsync and backintime backup software for Linux. Managed to sort out an error with rsync and the samba shares not liking files … Continue reading
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Tagged backintime, backup, backups, home server, unraid
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