On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:22:11 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard dijo:
>I suspect all their enclosures have both interfaces.
It wouldn't surprise me if they used the same card in everything they
make. I still have the old card floating around here somewhere, with a
flaky USB port but an eSATA port that
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote:
I have a Mediasonic 2-bay enclosure with a 6TB and an 8TB WD red. I set
them up as RAID0, which resulted in a volume of 12TB because RAID0 gives
you (number of drives) * (the size of the smallest drive).
John,
That's what I learned today when I
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 07:40:16 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard dijo:
>3. What should I read to learn how best to make use of this device?
I have a Mediasonic 2-bay enclosure with a 6TB and an 8TB WD red. I set
them up as RAID0, which resulted in a volume of 12TB because RAID0
gives you (number of
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
Now I need to find some docs that will teach me what I need to know.
Slackware has LVM2 but no HOWTO so more research is in order.
Found what I need to know about LVM2.
Question: Does the brand of SATA-eSATA cable matter?
Rich
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
There seem to be many NAS software tools for linux. I think one of these
would be appropriate.
LVM2.
Now I need to find some docs that will teach me what I need to know.
Slackware has LVM2 but no HOWTO so more research is in order.
Rich
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
1. Do all drives need to be of the same size?
I don't think so. I don't want RAID, but 4 drives independently mounted. Or,
two pairs of two drives each as a single logical volume. (Gotta' learn about
this.)
2. What software should I use and what
Reading about John's issues with his Synology NAS has prompted me to learn
how best to use the Mediasonic Probox 4-bay enclosure I bought a few years
ago. I cannot find a model number on it (which I think is rather strange),
and the only docs that came with it are instructions on loading the
