Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Physfitfreak Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: My First HDD Failure (I Think) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:12:51 -0600 Organization: individual Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:12:52 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dd2f0dfcfd5faaa822416dcdb2dd2c7d"; logging-data="2020655"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18/PeGEWw9+sMGoO0RvAPR/1gF2GZK8ofg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:S9JslUsNOqh8Y2liCiGre3ldoZs= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2365 On 11/22/24 11:10 PM, vallor wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:36:35 -0600, Physfitfreak > wrote in : > >> How the hell does one back up all that? > > Thanks to Dufus falling out of my killfile, I saw his reply to > your post. > > So I thought I'd answer you: > > https://www.amazon.com/Synology-8-Bay-DiskStation-DS1823xs-Diskless/dp/B0BSTNV5TG/ > > And you'll need 8 of something like this: > > https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-IronWolf-Enterprise-Internal-Drive/dp/B0B94NBBJH/ > > And...size components to fit budget. Consider that you probably want > 10Gbe connectivity to your NAS, so you might need a new NIC for your > computer, too. > > $ df -tnfs4 -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > [...] > 192.168.23.12:/volume1/ds 39T 27T 12T 69% /nfs/ds > > (I have a new Synology sitting in the box, along with two sets > of disks for two new volumes. Haven't got a round tuit to get > it online yet.) > Those are stuff for thieves in this country for whom dollars are printed on a case-by-case basis. I'm not one.