Subj : Re: What to do?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Tracker1
Date : Tue Jun 30 2020 13:02:28

On 6/26/2020 7:55 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
> 2. Ditch the RAID and buy an SSD to get a nice speed boost. I could
> leave the RAID as-is as a data drive or break the pair, use the drives
> for backups and be done with RAID. Low cost, medium effort.

This would probably be my choice... SSD is a crazy boost over spinning 
rust for random access.  Should mostly notice the difference for your 
message/network access.  Combined with a good backup plan of course.

> 3. I found a refurbished Dell T3610 with a Xeon 3.0 ghz quad core and
> 16 GB of RAM for $200, I could possibly swing that. I'd need to move
> my current drives to it and re-make the RAID, I doubt it would
> recognize the RAID pair from an older controller. Once I was done, I
> could use the old box as a BBS box. High cost, high effort, biggest
> return.

Depends on your use case and needs tbh, would probably hold out for 
something newer.

> 4. Ditch Windows 10 and put Linux on the existing RAID array, I have a
> backup drive I could use to copy the data to, and linux' md tools work
> with the older RAID just fine from what I've read. I could leave the
> RAID as-is, install the OS, format the drive as ext4, then copy the
> data from backup. It's probably run better with the 8gb of RAM than
> Windows 10. Low to medium effort, low cost.

Linux works very well, but I haven't even tried setting up doors yet.

-- 
Michael J. Ryan
tracker1 +o Roughneck BBS

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