So thanks to my workplace throwing out old stuff due to stupid reasons, I've come into possession of 16 2TB hdds.
My first thought is to use some of these for a home media server. But I don't need all of the HDD'S for that, I can probably slap 2 into my PC. What should I should do with the rest of them?
>Seagate
Might as well throw it away
why would you do two? that will only give you 2 TB space..
put like 4-6 in, set up raid, enjoy fast and safe data storage of 6-10 TB
I forget if they're actually Seagate or not
>set up raid, enjoy fast and safe data storage
Repeat after me:
RAID
IS
NOT
BACKUP
Time to do data recovery and steal trade secrets :DDDDDDD
it indeed isn't, but it still catches 99.9% of failures. ofc you'd want to use some proper backup service too next to it. i just slapped a veracrypt volume into my google drive
>What should I should do with the rest of them?
seed anime torrents
Use them as backups.
> 16 2TB hdds
First things first:
smartctl -t short /dev/sda (b, c, d - not sure whether regex can catch letter ranges).
Verify results with smartctl -a /dev/sda (b, c, d).
If any drives are showing errors, throw them away.
Then set up a RAID6 array for yourself or resell them.
Kys
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can never have too many backup drives.
Set up two RAIDs. The second one as a backup in a different location. Keep remaining drives as spares or additional backups.
Buy a 6, 8, or 12 bay NAS. Populate it with the drives that pass sanity checks, then upgrade as you need more space.
t. hoarder
> Buy a NAS
NAS boxes are cucked. Why not opt-in for a nice used tower server, be it HP or Lenovo or whatever, or get an ATX server board in an ATX 4U chassis.
you can do a one-upmanship over this legendary user and make a 16-way RAID 0
I'm running 4 NAS units for both work and personal stuff and never wanted to fuck with a home built solution (and I have built a *lot* of systems). Happy with performance and mfr. support too.
You can't expand, except with overpriced additional enclosures, or put some specific software onto them, though. Only a predefined set of applications is allowed. Synology boxes support Docker and it is as far as it can go.
Time is money...
fill them with porn
Because I enjoy having a manageable power bill and relative silence in my living space.
There are quite literally *dozens* of supported programs on Synology, and a whole bushel of third-party ones that are installable.
e-mail server, web server, git, perl, python, backup strategies, eetc. Don't know where you get your info from but it's faulty.
> implying
Rack-mounted server cases are loud, but it's not always the case, especially with separate HDD cages w/120mm fans. Huge power bill is a meme, when server and desktop parts are built from the same components and consume the same amount of energy.
I manage Thecus rack NAS at work (cucked, only supports some Busybox for coreutils, no GNU utils and custom vendor-supplied mc is flawed, no real way to finely tune samba or SSH with configs, only via the web GUI which is severely castrated) and fiddled with the Netgear Stora box, which is based on Red Hat-something. Stora is damn amazing in a sense it is set up after reset: it tries to DL the latest firmware from the web and if it's not there or it is failed to install, the box is locked down and basically bricked: no SSH, no web access, nothing. Managed to Metasploit it, gain the root access, flash the latest uboot and then boot Stretch off the USB drive, because built-in flash was corrupted.
> There are quite literally *dozens* of supported programs on Synology, and a whole bushel of third-party ones that are installable.
> e-mail server, web server, git, perl, python, backup strategies
It is still something allowed by the manufacturer.
We just (like 2 days ago) had a 10yr-old Thecus go tits-up... It did its job well and went the distance, but we're looking to update...
Torrent some 2160p VR porn.
Ship them to us.
Sell all of them and buy a few high-capacity drives for a more reasonable setup.
Just get an older tower chassis and throw in hotswapable bays.
>check health
>dban
>save as many you want
>sell rest
That'll work too, but most towers have about 3x5.25 slots, no more than that, and two seats for 3.5 drives - make it 3 if a floppy drive is pulled. It makes about 8x3.5" drives total, which is... Surprisingly good. May be a valid way to use all of them drives, just get two old cases off a thrift shop, one mobo with 2xPCIEx16, two HBA cards, four 1mSAS-to-SATA breakers and OP is set for life.
fpbp
If he's going to resell them why bother making sure they work properly
Let the idiot that bought from him figure it out
It works both ways: if he sells them as "unchecked", he'll have to drastically lower the price, like down to $3/piece. Then maybe somebody will risk it. If he'll check them, he can count on up to $15/piece.
Nobody will buy scrap for even $10 per piece, it's not worth it.
16 redundant backups
>Mom I posted it again
>What should I should do with the rest of them?
Build a NAS that you WOL as-needed?
Something like a Define R5 with an extra drive cage and a Ryzen 2200/2400G on Linux will do the job. You can run md RAID6 or snapraid or something else over the drives and provide them to your network with nfs, samba, scp, syncthing, [...]
I like working at places that throw away shit like that.
>t. ST3000DM001 user
try looking at server cases or a CM Stacker
Make a headless Rpi intranet for your area. "Piratebox"
>t.
give it back, jamal
zfs is
just make a freenas server and enjoy your storage
>29k hrs
>health status: caution
Into the trash it goes.
My dumpster dived Seagate with errors is still going after almost 2 years. Could kill it real easy with a few large file writes.
oh yay
tumblr syntax that has no meaning here
>t.
kys
Wish my gay company refreshed hardware. We still have C2D machines with 80GB drives all over the place.
>caution
Wouldn't want to lose all those Chinese cartoons...
>We still have C2D machines with 80GB drives all over the place.
True story. Now we're a $7 billion medical device company. We used to sell another $4 billion worth of pharmaceuticals too, but our former corporate overlords too the drugs away from us before they spun us off public.
Then don't buy a seagate.
Fucking this.
ZFS pool with raidZ and you're fucking golden son!
Look into mining crypto with your unused amount of disk space. Mine BURST coin
That’s a 4channel meme you mongoloid
I'm surprised the Seagate employees that usually lurk aren't around to tell us the testing and failure rated are all wrong and that Seagate drives never fail. Probably needed a weekend off the clock. Totally understandable.
>16 2TB hdds
i can't hear you over all that noise
give it back jamal
>throwing away Seagate
Might as well kill yourself
>not throwing away Seagate
suicide is highly recommended
These two HDDs still work after 9 years of operation. 9 years of warez/torrening and deleting and more warez/torrenting. Guess they were manufactured under lucky stars.
I just accidentally highlighted part of someone else's post when I clicked reply. I didn't even know it was there until you pointed it out. I don't even know what the "t" thing even means.
I just wiped the drive in and marked 169 bad sectors. I'm about to drill holes in the external case it is in because the temps are in the 60C zone now. lol There's like no holes. It was too hot to touch when I pried the cover off (no screws!)
can you give me one? pls im poor
4 zfs 4-way mirror v-devs, 8TB usable storage with 4x redundancy.