Re: My First HDD Failure (I Think)

On 11/23/24 12:10 AM, vallor wrote:

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:36:35 -0600, Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
wrote in <vhr4i3$15lr9$1@solani.org>:
 

How the hell does one back up all that?

 Thanks to Dufus falling out of my killfile, I saw his reply to
your post.
 So I thought I'd answer you:
 https://www.amazon.com/Synology-8-Bay-DiskStation-DS1823xs-Diskless/dp/B0BSTNV5TG/
 And you'll need 8 of something like this:
 https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-IronWolf-Enterprise-Internal-Drive/dp/B0B94NBBJH/
 And...size components to fit budget.  Consider that you probably want
10Gbe connectivity to your NAS, so you might need a new NIC for your
computer, too.

You're right about wanting a 10Gbe connection:  a full backup that takes ~20hrs to a USB3 connection took me a couple of days on my most recent NAS (DS923+); its at 19TB used out of 40TB at present in a 4-spindle.
In any event, the broader conversation here is that its foolish to try to brag about the likes of a fast CPU when the rest of the system hasn't been matched to minimize bottlenecks.  This is why the hardware baseline has moved up to have the OS's boot drive be on an SSD instead a HDD.
Similarly, one may employ SSD storage for frequently used Apps & data for the lower latency & higher bandwidth to improve productivity.  This effectively relegates HDDs to use cases where their lower cost per TB is valued over low latency & high bandwidth, such as for bulk/data backups.
-hh