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#91

Minecraft / Re: Server Status

Last post by Lazybones - December 09, 2023, 02:31:40 PM

Server is now updated to  1.20.3 , which appears to be compatible with a 1.20.4 client.

This is the highest I can go at the moment as we have TWO version dependencies.

Fabric API

and

Bluemap

Bluemap only goes up to 1.20.3 at this moment.

We also have several datapacks but they tend to be only major version sensitive.

As a reminder you can ALWAYS hold back or change your version on your client to match the server.. I can't have the server on auto update for the most part as dependencies are strange and some upgrades break things so I will always be a little behind the main release but not much.

#92

Minecraft / Re: Server Status

Last post by Mr. Analog - December 09, 2023, 07:43:26 AM

Can we upgrade the server?

#93

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Melbosa - December 04, 2023, 12:04:00 PM

• BeyondRAID (for Drobos) and SHR (for Synology) make such a difference, we can buy whatever drives and pop them in and not have to worry about getting the exact same drives for the entire RAID array, while still having enough protection that any one drive can fail without data loss

Like my old Synology that had gone through many drives, I'd hate to see the raid partitions that were put together to handle those changes - mine went from 1TB x8 to (before I replace the whole thing) 10TB x8 with every jump inbetween (2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB), and all at varying times (like at some point I had 4TB, 6TB and 8TB of various quantities in the synology).

Here is my current setup

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Synology RS1221+

RAID: Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) 1-Drive Fault Tolerance

Capacity: 52.6 / 76.3 TB Free

Drives:
* 7x 12TB Seagate Ironwolf
     Model: ST12000VN008
* 1x 12TB WD Red Plus
     Model: WD120EFBX


I am currently running 4 8TB IronWolfs and constantly need to free space.. I have also been considering an upgrade but have too many other things to improve at the moment.

Like this, I was too sick of running out of room, so why the crazy space I have now.

#94

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Mr. Analog - December 03, 2023, 06:24:10 PM

Hahaha well it works though right? That's all that matters hahah

#95

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Thorin - December 03, 2023, 02:30:08 PM

Here's what I'm running in my 5-bay NASes.

Drobo 5N2 (the newer one, used as my main NAS):

Name	Size	Cache	RPM	Model	Manufacture	Warranty
WD Red Plus	8TB	128MB	5600	WD80EFZZ	2023-11	3 years
Seagate	3TB	64MB	7200	ST3000DM001	2012-11	3 years
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WD Red Plus	8TB	128MB	5600	WD80EFZZ	2023-11	3 years
WD Black	6TB	256MB	7200	WD6003FZBX	2022-06	5 years

25TB (22.74TiB) total, 15.27TB (13.89TiB) usable after single-disk-failure redundancy

Drobo FS (the older one, used as a mirror in case the main one dies):

Name	Size	Cache	RPM	Model	Manufacture	Warranty
WD Black	5TB	128MB	7200	WD5001FZWX	2016-01	5 years
WD Black	5TB	128MB	7200	WD5001FZWX	2016-01	5 years
WD Red	6TB	256MB	5400	WD60EFAX	2019-07	3 years
WD Black	5TB	128MB	7200	WD5001FZWX	2016-01	5 years
WD Black	1TB	64MB	7200	WD1002FAEX	2011-06	5 years

22TB (20.01TiB) total, 14.48TB (13.17TiB) usable after single-disk-failure redundancy

• the WD Black 6TB (WD6003FZBX) in the newer Drobo is a replacement under warranty for a WD Red 6TB (WD60EFAX) that failed in less than three years; Western Digital didn't have any Reds available so sent me an as-good-or-better replacement (definitely better!)
• the WD Red 6TB (WD60EFAX) in the older Drobo is an SMR drive I didn't even realize it at the time
• lookit how long those Blacks have lasted! they've been in use this entire time!
• BeyondRAID (for Drobos) and SHR (for Synology) make such a difference, we can buy whatever drives and pop them in and not have to worry about getting the exact same drives for the entire RAID array, while still having enough protection that any one drive can fail without data loss
• quite the hodgepodge, eh?

#96

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Lazybones - December 03, 2023, 02:09:42 AM

I am currently running 4 8TB IronWolfs and constantly need to free space.. I have also been considering an upgrade but have too many other things to improve at the moment.

#97

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Mr. Analog - December 02, 2023, 08:39:10 PM

This has been a very useful thread, the last drives I bought were in 2016 (8 WD Reds,) they're still holding strong but at some point I'll need more drive space so this is good to know

#98

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Thorin - December 02, 2023, 04:21:56 PM

So I went to MemEx on the west end today to buy my WD Red Plus drives. I stood in line for over 15 minutes, everyone in front of me needed explanations and hummed and hahhed and were doing the what-if-this game. Then when those people were finally done and paid, the sales associates walked away from their tills until there were only two left.

When it was finally my turn it took me 45 seconds to order and pay. I guess some people just haven't researched everything before they come in

There was one guy having a long conversation with a sales associate about chipsets and types of RAM and what to get and whether it's worth it to spend more now to be able to upgrade later. Like, the kind of discussion that normally happens back-and-forth on a tech-centric online message board.

Anyway, first of the new drives is in and it's re-balancing now, I should be able to swap the other drive by the end of the weekend.

#99

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Lazybones - December 01, 2023, 12:07:45 AM

And I did also compare reported noise levels, although they all seemed pretty similar. I also have my Drobos set to spin down drives when they're not being actively used. The loudest part of each Drobo is actually the cooling fans, especially in the summer.

decibel scale is logarithmic so keep in mind that that a difference of 10 dB is a 10X difference in loudness. 20-30 is like a whisper but 40 is like light rain / refrigerator running .

While most drives are in a similar 20-30 range you don't want to grab that one outlier with the 38 dB as you will notice the difference.

#100

Tech Chat / Re: CMR vs SMR for NAS

Last post by Melbosa - November 30, 2023, 11:43:30 PM

Last month was $23.05 for just over 2TB of backup - like you I don't backup my other stuff, just FP stuff I host and all  the pictures, home videos, and documents. And well the VMs that recreating would be a bit of a pain, like my plex server.

That $23.05/m is a year and a bit before it even covers the cost of 1 of my 12tb of storage onsite in my Synology. So figure its a good offsite tier.