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Re: [LUG] Multiple Drives as one

 
Thanks Guys

Funnily enough I was considering what Gordon was saying as a viable option. Probably just 2tb but then 4 might be a better option.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Rich


On 24 December 2015 at 18:23, Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2015, Richard Brown wrote:

1. Is it possible to make the 2 x 1tb drive seem like 1 2tb drives

 Yes.

Very bad idea though.

You've just halved the overall reliability of the system - lose one drive you lose both drives worth of data.

My suggestion:

Remove the small drive. Throw it away.

Add in 2 x 4TB drives and configure them as a mirror (RAID-1) and use that as data storage. Configure the existing 2 x 1TB drives also as a mirror and use that for the OS, etc.

Optionally; Listen to the cool kids who'll tell you about zfs.

Can't help with dropbox - I gave up on it years ago.

Gordon

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