Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On 26/08/2022 00:56, Dale wrote: Wols Lists wrote: On 25/08/2022 19:59, Dale wrote: While at it, can I move the drives on LVM to another system without having to copy anything?  Just physically move the drives and LVM see them correctly on the new system?  I may try to build a small computer fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

Hello, On Thu, 25 Aug 2022, Dale wrote: >Jack wrote: [..] >> Related question - how much space would you actually save by >> decreasing the number of inodes by 90%?  Enough for one or two more >> videos? > >Now I have to admit, that is a question I have too. From my tests with a swapfile (which m

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 4:59 PM Dale > wrote: > > > I may do some mobo hunting shortly.  See what little thing I can buy > > that is powerful enough.  I don't think a Raspberry Pi is enough.  It > > gets close tho.  Biggest thing, I'd need a l

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

Wols Lists wrote: > On 26/08/2022 00:56, Dale wrote: >> Wols Lists wrote: >>> On 25/08/2022 19:59, Dale wrote: While at it, can I move the drives on LVM to another system without having to copy anything?  Just physically move the drives and LVM see them correctly on the new system? 

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:26:39 -0500 Dale wrote: > I looked at something called ITX but they have only one PCIe slot > usually.  That's not enough.  I'd like to have two 6 or 8 port SATA > cards.  Then balance the drives on each.  I think some of the through > put is shared so the more drives on

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:26 AM Dale wrote: > > I looked into the Raspberry and the newest version, about $150 now, doesn't > even have SATA ports. The Pi4 is definitely a step up from the previous versions in terms of IO, but it is still pretty limited. It has USB3 and gigabit, and they don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On 26/08/2022 12:27, Dale wrote: I think it's saved a lot of bacon over the years:-) Even if I've mostly edited it. I haven't written much of it from scratch. Cheers, Wol I see typos.  Do they matter to you? Apart from the one intentional one, I'd like to fix any others :-) Cheers, Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:27 AM Dale wrote: > > I looked into the Raspberry and the newest version, about $150 now, doesn't even have SATA ports. I can add a thing called a "hat" I think that adds a couple but thing is, that costs more and still isn't enough. I really don't like USB and hard dr

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:09 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > Obviously you can do what you are most comfortable with but to me a NAS > machine with a bunch of external drives does not sound very reliable. > I would have thought the same, but messing around with LizardFS I've found that the USB3 hard

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:25 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:09 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > Obviously you can do what you are most comfortable with but to me a NAS machine with a bunch of external drives does not sound very reliable. > > > > I would have thought the same,

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:26 AM Dale wrote: >> I looked into the Raspberry and the newest version, about $150 now, doesn't >> even have SATA ports. > The Pi4 is definitely a step up from the previous versions in terms of > IO, but it is still pretty limited. It has USB3 and

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:25 AM Rich Freeman > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:09 AM Mark Knecht > wrote: > > > > > > Obviously you can do what you are most comfortable with but to me > a NAS machine with a b