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3 internal SSDs in a PC..what to do?
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:47 pm
1 500GB
2 1TB
Only the 500GB has been formatted and in use for the OS.
Should I combine the other 2 SSDs into one volume?
Is there any advantage to using 'striped' vs 'spanned' performance-wise?
I know historically striped was faster for regular HDs but we're talking SSDs so..does it make a bit of difference?
Should I keep them as 2 separate volumes?
2 1TB
Only the 500GB has been formatted and in use for the OS.
Should I combine the other 2 SSDs into one volume?
Is there any advantage to using 'striped' vs 'spanned' performance-wise?
I know historically striped was faster for regular HDs but we're talking SSDs so..does it make a bit of difference?
Should I keep them as 2 separate volumes?
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Posted on 7/12/21 at 3:08 pm to CAD703X
The basic answer is striped SSD's are faster than just an SSD under certain conditions. IF your machine has a suitable HBA, and enough bandwidth for the SATA ports to take advantage of the striped volume.
Now since you have 2 x 1TB drives, if your machine supports it, you might want to consider just setting them up as RAID1 (mirror) as your primary/boot drive. Dramatically decreases the likelyhood of loosing any data in the event of a failure. Use the 500G drive as a scratch volume or for resting data that you don't care if you lose.
Creating a striped volume with uneven sized disks is generally frowned upon...with some temporary exceptions like expanding ZFS volumes (likely WAY beyond the scope here)
Now since you have 2 x 1TB drives, if your machine supports it, you might want to consider just setting them up as RAID1 (mirror) as your primary/boot drive. Dramatically decreases the likelyhood of loosing any data in the event of a failure. Use the 500G drive as a scratch volume or for resting data that you don't care if you lose.
Creating a striped volume with uneven sized disks is generally frowned upon...with some temporary exceptions like expanding ZFS volumes (likely WAY beyond the scope here)
Posted on 7/12/21 at 3:11 pm to CAD703X
Don't get cute. Both striping and spanning carry increase risk of data loss, as you're multiplying your chance of drive failure.
Unless you're constantly moving around giant files, normal SSDs regularly formatted will do fine, and there's no reason to start playing with RAID. And if you are constantly moving giant files around, you're probably just better off upgrading to NVME drives.
Unless you're constantly moving around giant files, normal SSDs regularly formatted will do fine, and there's no reason to start playing with RAID. And if you are constantly moving giant files around, you're probably just better off upgrading to NVME drives.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 5:00 pm to CAD703X
If you aren't doing anything really data sensitive or you do normal backups, raid 0 the two 1tb drives and run the OS on the 500gb
Posted on 7/12/21 at 5:15 pm to bluebarracuda
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If you aren't doing anything really data sensitive or you do normal backups, raid 0 the two 1tb drives and run the OS on the 500gb
this will primarily run my plex server and i'm looking for any opp to speed up transcoding and any disk-intensive operations.
there are various places plex can bottleneck so i'd like to avoid paying stupid tax by not maximizing the SSDs to handle any heavy lifting that requires read/write access.
Kork? you probably have tweaked your plex setup a million times. any thoughts on the ssd configuration?
Posted on 7/12/21 at 8:30 pm to CAD703X
Looking to queeze every little bit out for a plex server (you should have lead with that).
The 500G for the OS and 2 x 1T in RAID0 for storage. Back up your data volume.
The 500G for the OS and 2 x 1T in RAID0 for storage. Back up your data volume.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 8:09 am to dakarx
Ok. I should also point out I have about 40TB in external storage housing my media files.
About to move from an older server to a new one and wanted to avoid making a dumb mistake on configuring the hardware.
Any other tips hardware-wise?
About to move from an older server to a new one and wanted to avoid making a dumb mistake on configuring the hardware.
Any other tips hardware-wise?
Posted on 7/13/21 at 1:03 pm to CAD703X
CAD...This seems like a gov't contract...mobile goal posts. If your media is located externally pull the 1T drives and run on the 500 for the OS and mount the media volume over the network.
I actually run Plex on esx with media on my TrueNAS server ounted over NFS, on a 1G network it handled transcoding and delivering 4 simultaneous HD streams with ease. I've since upgraded my cabinet to 10G, because... well just because.
I actually run Plex on esx with media on my TrueNAS server ounted over NFS, on a 1G network it handled transcoding and delivering 4 simultaneous HD streams with ease. I've since upgraded my cabinet to 10G, because... well just because.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 2:00 pm to dakarx
quote:
I actually run Plex on esx with media on my TrueNAS server ounted over NFS, on a 1G network it handled transcoding and delivering 4 simultaneous HD streams with ease. I've since upgraded my cabinet to 10G, because... well just because.
impressive.
to add to the ongoing goalpost shifting
i'm ditching my asus mesh setup (86u, 68p mesh, 68u mesh) in favor of eero. i wasn't planning to change that until the plex server move died down but not sure i could do what you're saying with my current setup.
my last attempt at a NAS failed greatly due mainly to a crappy product (foscam cameras) and a tiny usb drive.
you think i should move the external drives off the server PC?
Posted on 7/13/21 at 4:06 pm to CAD703X
I read 40TB in external storage to be 'external to the Plex server' as in an NAS or other fileserver of some sort.
So you are presenting 40TB of external drives (like USB drives) to the network? That's nuts, not to mention unsustainable and a disaster waiting to happen. If you have that much data, it's time to get or build a proper NAS box. It really doesn't take a lot of hardware, an older desktop machine will work.... or if you have a place to put it, grab an NR12000 from ebay for $125 or so, it has an integrated HBA supporting up to 12 x 3.5" drives + 2 x 2.5" drives for the OS, all contained in a 1U chassis).
So you are presenting 40TB of external drives (like USB drives) to the network? That's nuts, not to mention unsustainable and a disaster waiting to happen. If you have that much data, it's time to get or build a proper NAS box. It really doesn't take a lot of hardware, an older desktop machine will work.... or if you have a place to put it, grab an NR12000 from ebay for $125 or so, it has an integrated HBA supporting up to 12 x 3.5" drives + 2 x 2.5" drives for the OS, all contained in a 1U chassis).
Posted on 7/13/21 at 5:02 pm to CAD703X
I did this one time....
I installed a bootloader called Clover and installed 3 baremetal operating systems....one on each SSD.
Windows 10, Ubuntu, and Mac OS(Hackingtosh).
I could pick which one I wanted to boot into when I powered on the system.
I installed a bootloader called Clover and installed 3 baremetal operating systems....one on each SSD.
Windows 10, Ubuntu, and Mac OS(Hackingtosh).
I could pick which one I wanted to boot into when I powered on the system.
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