Linux Weekend - After Action Report
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I've switched to using 8TB drives for my backups. The existing 2TB and 5TB drives are now the "live" drives holding my collections. I have a catalog search program I wrote myself that allows searching selection and playing of any of the live media in most rooms in my house (I have a power-line network that goes everywhere). I now have 40TB of live disks and 40TB of backup disks.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yeah... right. It's not easy, nor intuitive. I found out how to "make it go" simply by chance. None of the media drives were mounted by default. This seems kinda bizarre to me, given that it's a NAS setup. They refer to drives/partitions as "devices", but don't really mention that anywhere (that I found). Until the partitions are mounted, you can't create shares, which makes sense, but as I said before, they don't mention that partitions are called "devices" in their app, and you must select a "device" to share. At this point, I have shares setup, but I don't yet know if it's enough, at least not until I try to get Kodi setup. I am on an adventure of discovery, and so far, resisting the urge to go back to windows. On a semi-related note, I still haven't GOTTEN wireless working on the older Acer laptops. I think I'm just gonna give up and get a USB wireless dongle and call it a day. I have to research the various dongle offerings and pick the one that presents the fewest problems in Linux. In the process of trying to get that working, I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on the Laptops. I think I prefer that distro over Ubuntu because it's more Windows-like (and I suspect SWMBO will be happy about that).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on the Laptops. I think I prefer that distro
I recently installed that on a tablet. While, there are some features that don't work very well on the tablet. It looks great, and performs well.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Forogar wrote:
40TB of backup disks.
How do you have that setup?
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
I have two file servers with a couple of USB 3.0 hubs each. USB externals drives plugged in and and a big scheduled batch job to run Robocopy each night. Simples! For some important files I backup copies to two or more locations.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have two file servers with a couple of USB 3.0 hubs each. USB externals drives plugged in and and a big scheduled batch job to run Robocopy each night. Simples! For some important files I backup copies to two or more locations.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Forogar wrote:
I have two file servers with a couple of USB 3.0 hubs each. USB externals drives
The most reliable backup solution I've had was one I put together in a similar fashion. I've now owned a couple of 'NAS' devices, and been disappointed in their performance and features.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Forogar wrote:
I have two file servers with a couple of USB 3.0 hubs each. USB externals drives
The most reliable backup solution I've had was one I put together in a similar fashion. I've now owned a couple of 'NAS' devices, and been disappointed in their performance and features.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
I looked at NASes and decided they weren't worth the money. They were upwards of $600 each for the number and capacity of drives I wanted and gave me really nothing more (that I needed) than a decent, powered USB 3.0 hub with 7 outbound connections for $14.99 each. The external drives were basically the same price as naked drives so... nothing to see here, move along! Over the last 5 years I have been using this system I have lost 2 x 2TB and 2 x 1TB drives that I had to replace as they wear out. I haven't lost a single byte of data. File recovery is super easy.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
