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11-29-2013, 03:45 AM #1Eternal Learner
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Building storage using existing resources
I have a lot of old desktop grade hardware available with me in stock and lot of spare hard drives. I wanted to know if there is any way I can club them all together and create a storage system.
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11-29-2013, 05:29 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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sure you can. Look into LVM (i assume you want to use linux)
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11-29-2013, 08:06 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Better Still install ZFS.
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11-29-2013, 08:07 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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isn't that going to limit the usage of disks to the smallest one of them?
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11-29-2013, 04:28 PM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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look flexraid.com, not for server, but good for home storage.
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