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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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UNRAID – What do I use it for!? Neo4J Network visualisation.

Posted on March 29, 2021 by phil

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 →

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UNRAID Almost Finished! Just need loads of HDDs.

Posted on March 24, 2021 by phil

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 →

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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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Home Server Upgrade

Posted on May 16, 2020 by phil

I needed more space in my home server so got another two 6TB drives, and I decided to also replace the system disk as it is pretty old. I cloned the existing drive using Clonzilla and then expanded the partitions … Continue reading →

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