Post AbhQOWAwjhXVCpZAX2 by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
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 (DIR) Post #AbhQOURt9ju3qnTff6 by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
       2023-11-05T02:17:50Z
       
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       I just love it when my ZFS array chooses the time I'm on holiday to absolutely shit the bed. šŸ˜† Looking at the logs 3 of the.5 drives started erroring for a couple of minutes and then stopped. They are also all connected to the same cheap SATA controller.Maybe I'll hold off on splurging on new drives in the Best Buy sale while I'm in the US...
       
 (DIR) Post #AbhQOVWt8dUrCapB5s by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
       2023-11-09T19:50:14Z
       
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       I bought a Dell H310 card including cables for Ā£25 on eBay that someone had conveniently already flashed to LSI ā€œIT-modeā€ firmware.Things are looking good for my ancient 2TB drives so far. Donā€™t buy cheap SATA controllers kids!These cards are around Ā£15 on eBay plus a few quid for MiniSAS to SATA cablesā€¦why didnā€™t I do this to start with!?#SelfHosting
       
 (DIR) Post #AbhQOWAwjhXVCpZAX2 by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
       2023-11-10T15:53:54Z
       
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       I've gone down an absolute SAS-based rabbit hole. šŸ˜¬The new Dell H310 card has given me some much needed expandability as well as the ability to use SAS drives/backplanes. I am looking to build a new ZFS array fairly soon, but I need somewhere to put the new drives. All the slots in my case are full so a disk shelf with hot swap capability is looking very attractive. I've found this on AliExpress but has anyone got any other cost effective options? #SelfHostinghttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005901398655.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AbhQOX75FY2m78lb9M by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
       2023-11-11T12:50:20Z
       
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       Alright Iā€™ve bought this on AliExpress. There is just nothing else that fits the bill below about Ā£300. It was about Ā£70 all in. šŸ¤· #SelfHosting
       
 (DIR) Post #AbhQOXqSWqL8NrzpsO by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-11-11T14:18:48Z
       
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       @cablespaghetti Heck that's nothing for that much tin.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbhRvhCkqoFyvGnR7A by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
       2023-11-11T14:35:56Z
       
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       @penguin42 From what I can gather some of the bits are used. Weā€™ll see whether it works as expected in a few weeks. šŸ¤ž