Secure Storage That Won't Die With my Server
from njordomir@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 17 Mar 08:01
https://lemmy.world/post/26958591

I have a

Beelink Ser5 Pro Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5850U(8C/16T, Up to 4.4GHz), 32GB DDR4 RAM 1TB PCIe3.0 x4 SSD Running Spiral Linux (Debian w/ BTRFS Snapshots in GRUB and some other optimizations)

I’ve been using it as a server with mostly docker containers, rarely taxing it’s abilities in any meaningful way. It’s a playground that also runs a few serious/useful apps. Storage is largely on my Synology NAS.

My question is this. I hesitate to store data on the minipc as I seem to be ending up with a broken system fairly frequently when upgrading. NAS seem to be more expensive now and I want to add more storage for Tube Archivist. Are there DAS, Raid Enclosures, USB3 disk enclosures that I can plug in that will manage the disks and such, but don’t pose a challenge to remount if I destroy and reimage the MiniPC?

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tkw8@lemm.ee on 17 Mar 08:20 next collapse

I have a qnap tr-004 das. Works great. Raid5 configuration. Attached to my server. AMA.

njordomir@lemmy.world on 18 Mar 01:38 collapse

It might be a dumb question, but how does it have it’s own OS like a NAS, or is it basically a box attached to the host and everything is done via software? I encountered some confusion between enclosures, DAS, USB array and some of the other terms I was seeing.

tkw8@lemm.ee on 19 Mar 19:46 collapse

Not a dumb question at all. There isn’t any software associated with my DAS. It attaches via a USB and mounts like a regular drive. It does have its own power supply so it stays on even when the computer is shut down. Then when the computer restarts, the drive mounts again.

It’s basically a giant attached hard drive.

jlh@lemmy.jlh.name on 17 Mar 12:01 next collapse

Keep your Nas separate from your services. Minis forums has some nice m.2 Nas hardware if you want to roll your own Nas. Used Epyc servers are also really nice for m.2 Nas, since they have so many pcie lanes.

BruisedMoose@piefed.social on 17 Mar 14:59 next collapse

My reasoning and setup are different, but I'm also looking at DAS solutions this week for a media server.

suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee on 17 Mar 23:22 collapse

Anything on a separate disk can be simply remounted after reinstalling the OS. It doesn’t have to be a NAS, DAS, RAID enclosure, or anything else that’s external to the machine unless you want it to be. Actually it looks like that Beelink only supports a single NVMe disk and doesn’t have SATA, so I guess it does have to be external to the machine, but for different reasons than you’re alluding to.