On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:44:02PM -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> HI
> I have a small home server (photos, videos, music) that is reaching
> full capacity.
> It is a 750GB, partitioned as a 50G OS and 700G Data + swap
> The mobo, an Intel DG31PR mobo has 1 PATA and 4 SATA ports (3GB/s).
> Currently it is running FC20, having been continuously upgraded from
> almost Fedora 1 I think
> I got a 2TB WD red HDD for it.
> My plan is to put the OS on a USB stick ( San Disk Low Profile 64GB
> SDCZ33-064G-B35 ) and use the whole 2TB for Data. I'd rather not have a
> PATA SDD, and I do not want to lose one of the SATA ports. Eventually
> I want to have a system with 4 HDDs, in a Raid 1+0 configuration to
> prevent data loss.
> I have some questions.
> 1. I could use ext4 on all HDDs eventually. But I wonder, can I use
> ZFS? Specially I would like to have the ability to expand the single
> HDD into a Raid once I get the second HDD as painlessly as possible. If
> I use ext4 I guess I will have to backup/create raid
though I can't tell you the steps, it is possible to build a raid-1 array
using Linux Raid, with only one drive. it'll be in "degraded" mode
because of only one drive, but you could then easily (??) add a second
or subsequent drive to the array. Instructions (more or less) abound
on the web.
> system/reformat/restore the data. I have the idea that zfs only needs
> to be aware that there is a new drive and it will expand the filesystem
> accordingly. I'd rather not use LVM. I was burned by it once.
> 2. Is the USB OS ok? I do not feel I am losing that much, after all, it
> is a system that will be mostly on at home.
> 3.Should I add hibernation to it? How quickly will it come back from
> hibernation if someone requests data?
> Is there anything I should know I am not taking into consideration?
> Thanks!
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