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Part 3: Building Direct Attached Storage

Posted on May 24, 2021 by phil

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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Part 2: Building Direct Attached Storage

Posted on April 28, 2021 by phil

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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Part 1: Building Direct Attached Storage

Posted on April 25, 2021 by phil

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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Homemade DAS – Part1

Posted on March 20, 2021 by phil

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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