November 12, 20241 yr I'm looking for the most cost-effective way to expand my storage capability. My current setup: SUPERMICRO CSE-846TQ-R900B 24bay hot-swap LSI 9305-24i HBA 2 x 20TB IronWolf PRO Dual Parity 14 x 10TB IronWolf PRO Storage 10 x 14TB IronWolf PRO Storage 2 x 2TB Samsung 850 EVO Cache I've run out of drive slots and am running low on space. The cheapest route would probably be to replace the 10TB drives with 20TB one at a time, but then I'll have fully functional 10TB drives that aren't being used, kind of a waste IMO. I'd like to keep them in service until they fail and then replace with a larger drive. The ideal setup would be a cheap JBOD case, good PSU and using another LSI-9305-24i with longer cables. Any suggestions on a case? I'd like to stay under $1500 total, with about $250 of that going to the 2nd LSI card
November 12, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, juanamingo said: I'll have fully functional 10TB drives that aren't being used Do you currently keep physically separate up to date backups of everything important on your server?
November 12, 20241 yr Author Yes - but only of the important content, and that's already set up on another NAS. Edited November 12, 20241 yr by juanamingo
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