Build Your Own RAID5 NAS

blue68f100 · 08-01-2006, 04:00 PM

TomsNetworkng just did an article on how to build your own NAS

http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/0...iy_raid_5_nas/

It's a started, Just need to know how to config SAMBA for full use.

But I would have gone SATA RAID Controller like the Raidcore BC 4852.

Brians256 · 08-02-2006, 11:27 AM

Can you dynamically increase the capacity of RAID-5 volumes with FreeNAS? Here's the thing. I've got several drives that are NOT raided but have lots of HTPC stuff on them. If I want to migrate them to RAID-5, and I fear that I might have to buy equivalent storage to create a new RAID-5 volume to get them copied. If I can resize the arrays, I can create a minimal RAID-5 set and expand it as I empty the original drives.

Suggestions?

bigben2k · 08-02-2006, 01:57 PM

Yeah, set-up two of them; you can take one of them off-line, for the upgrade. Assuming you have hot-swap.

blue68f100 · 08-06-2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Brians256

Can you dynamically increase the capacity of RAID-5 volumes with FreeNAS? Here's the thing. I've got several drives that are NOT raided but have lots of HTPC stuff on them. If I want to migrate them to RAID-5, and I fear that I might have to buy equivalent storage to create a new RAID-5 volume to get them copied. If I can resize the arrays, I can create a minimal RAID-5 set and expand it as I empty the original drives.

Suggestions?

It posiable if you use a hardware based raid controller. Take a look at the Raidcore BC 4852 8 port controller. It can expand and grow many differnent ways. Tomsnetworking had a article on raid controller capable of raid 5. If I recall you could mix and match drives. This model is now has been discontinued, so may be able to pick one up for a reasonable price. It has been replaced with 5770 or 8603. Have looked for any of the newer hardware.

Brians256 · 08-07-2006, 10:46 AM

Looking forward to getting some time to try it out.

08-01-2006, 04:00 PM	#1
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Build Your Own RAID5 NAS TomsNetworkng just did an article on how to build your own NAS http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/0...iy_raid_5_nas/ It's a started, Just need to know how to config SAMBA for full use. But I would have gone SATA RAID Controller like the Raidcore BC 4852. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820

08-02-2006, 11:27 AM	#2
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Re: Build Your Own RAID5 NAS Can you dynamically increase the capacity of RAID-5 volumes with FreeNAS? Here's the thing. I've got several drives that are NOT raided but have lots of HTPC stuff on them. If I want to migrate them to RAID-5, and I fear that I might have to buy equivalent storage to create a new RAID-5 volume to get them copied. If I can resize the arrays, I can create a minimal RAID-5 set and expand it as I empty the original drives. Suggestions?

08-02-2006, 01:57 PM	#3
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Re: Build Your Own RAID5 NAS Yeah, set-up two of them; you can take one of them off-line, for the upgrade. Assuming you have hot-swap. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

08-07-2006, 10:46 AM	#5
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Re: Build Your Own RAID5 NAS Looking forward to getting some time to try it out.

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