How Many TB's In Your Main Array?

[Guest Jomp]

I thought it might be fun to get a feel for the various array sizes that everyone's running.

 

*Edit: Total terabytes of usable space, so not including parity drive. If could take the time to give us a breakdown of drive size, type, that would be nice.

 

Current Drives:

 

• Parity: 1x 2TB Seagate ST32000542AS
  
• Data: 8x 2TB Seagate ST32000542AS
  

[BRiT]

Assuming you mean data-disks only and not including the Parity drive...

 

Currently 4TB [2 2TB data drives with 1 2TB parity drive], with an upgrade to 6TB (3 2TB data drives) soon-ish.

[pfp]

20.5 here

[unraided]

8TB and rising in the months to come.

[WeeboTech]

I'm planning on building an ultimate 20 drive unraid server, but it will also have the ability to add another 20 drives external.  doubt I'll get that high.  But there's allot of stuff I want to archive, then sell off all the smaller older drives.

 

• Parity - 1.5tb Seagate 7200rpm 32mb cache
  
• 5 - 1tb WD green (ripped dvds)
  
• 1 - 1.5tb Seagate 7200rpm 32mb cache (music, backups, images, fileserver documents)
  
• 1 - 1.5tb Seagate LP - compressed video.
  
• 1 - 1tb Seagate 7200rpm 32mb cache - for torrents.
  

 

[kingpin]

Currently sitting at 16.9TB. Mostly blu-ray backups and standard dvd backups serving to my mac mini in the living room.

[neilt0]

Who has 36TB+? Pics, please!

[terrastrife]

that would be me, but its not my unraid, its my main pc. my unraid only has 10tb, but i am in the process of migrating data/drives to the unraid, that way i can sell my 16ch raid card to buy more hdds

[pfp]

I've got 4 of these in my Antec 1200 which allows for 16 drives.

http://www.aerocooler.com/shop.cart?action=ITEM&prod_id=FANSCHDX4

 

I believe you could get three in the 900 for 12 drives. 

 

Best thing is they are cheap - under $10

 

No need for the Nocro quite yet.

[Rajahal]

I think it would also be interesting to know how those TBs are broken up across drives.  Are people using primarily large (1TB+) drives?  Or are some of these 10+ drive arrays filled with 500 GB drives?

 

I'm not quite sure how to translate that into a poll, though.

[WeeboTech]

I think it would also be interesting to know how those TBs are broken up across drives.  Are people using primarily large (1TB+) drives?  Or are some of these 10+ drive arrays filled with 500 GB drives?

 

I'm not quite sure how to translate that into a poll, though.

 

I updated my post below.

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5778.msg54533#msg54533

[Rajahal]

Thanks WeeboTech.  Along the same lines, my breakdown is:

8 Drives

• 1 x 1.5 TB parity (Samsung Ecogreen)
  
• 1 x 1.5 TB data (WD Green EADS)
  
• 4 x 1 TB data (two WD Green EADS, one WD Green EARS, and one Samsung 7200 rpm)
  
• 1 x 500 GB data (WD 7200 rpm)
  
• 1 x 320 GB cache (Seagate 7200 rpm)
  

Total: ~ 6 TB (usable space)

Full: ~ 5 TB

 

My 500 GB drive will be the first to go, of course, then the Samsung 7200 rpm drive.  Soon I'll have a fully 'green' server, with the exception of the cache drive.  I figure I'll keep the cache drive until it kicks the bucket (going on close to 4 years, I think!), then replace it with an SSD when they are cheaper.

[neilt0]

TOWER (18 drives)

• 2x Seagate 1.5TB
  
• 3x WD 1TB
  
• 3x Seagate 750GB
  
• 2x WD 750GB
  
• 4x Seagate 500GB
  
• 4x WD 500GB
  

Total: 12.25TB

 

T2 (9 drives)

• 9x 500GB drives (2x Seagate, 5x WD, 2x Samsung)
  

Total: 4TB

[abeta]

(5) 2TB WD20EARS drives in my array.

[unraided]

Hopefully when 2TB drives become more affordable, a Pro licenced user would be able to have 34 TBs of usable data storage space (assuming you have 20x 2TB drives, one of which is a parity disk and no cache drive). I would like to have this setup (and probably one day I'll need to have it). Has anyone got this kind of unraid server yet? If so, I'd be very interested, including other members too I'd say.

[terrastrife]

i feel that capacity vx size, the 2TB is already affordable

 

its an extra 5.5TB in a mid tower/cheap build (12 drives).

[Guzzi]

Hopefully when 2TB drives become more affordable, a Pro licenced user would be able to have 34 TBs of usable data storage space (assuming you have 20x 2TB drives, one of which is a parity disk and no cache drive). I would like to have this setup (and probably one day I'll need to have it). Has anyone got this kind of unraid server yet? If so, I'd be very interested, including other members too I'd say.

 

I had a setup with pro license and 21 drives (500 and 300 GBs) - there is no difference technically in running 2TB drives instead - green drives even need less power than former 7200 rpm drives.

The important thing is to have good powersupply, good cables for powersupply of the drives (!!) and good sata cables

[unraided]

Agreed, though it is easier to muster 300 or 500GB drives than 2TB drives. In Australia 2TB drives are way too expensive and makes buying 1.5TB drives much more sense. A 1.5TB SATA drive would average from $125 to $140 depending on brand and model, were as a 2TB SATA drive would retail for $230 to $250. For and extra 500GB and you have to pay roughly $100 more, you'd be better off waiting or settling for 1.5TBs instead.

 

Hopefully when 2TB drives become more affordable, a Pro licenced user would be able to have 34 TBs of usable data storage space (assuming you have 20x 2TB drives, one of which is a parity disk and no cache drive). I would like to have this setup (and probably one day I'll need to have it). Has anyone got this kind of unraid server yet? If so, I'd be very interested, including other members too I'd say.

 

I had a setup with pro license and 21 drives (500 and 300 GBs) - there is no difference technically in running 2TB drives instead - green drives even need less power than former 7200 rpm drives.

The important thing is to have good powersupply, good cables for powersupply of the drives (!!) and good sata cables

[neilt0]

For those of us not in Australia 2TB is already more cost effective.

In the UK, Scan has these prices today for their cheapest 1.5TB and 2TB drives:

 

WD Caviar Green EARS 2TB £0.05392578125 per GB = £54 per TB

Samsung EcoGreen F3 1.5TB £0.04970703125 per GB = £51 per TB

 

Given the "cost per port" excluding the drive, there's no reason to buy 1.5TB drives any more.

[unraided]

Dang! I'm living in the wrong country  . My few post above seems more viable in other countries then. Patience is a virtue I guess 

 

[ohlwiler]

Parity - Hitachi

(2) Seagate 2T

(2) WD 2T

(3) WD 1T

(2) Sea 1T

 

On deck

(1) WD 2T

(2) Sea 1T

 

I think I'm good until black Friday.

[terrastrife]

in AU 1.5TB is $125 and 2TB is $195, its worth it

[monza]

My breakdown is:

 

5 Drives (no cache)

 

1 x 2 TB parity (Hitachi 7K2000)

3 x 1.5 TB data (Samsung EcoGreen F2)

1 x 750GB data (Samsung HD753LJ)

 

Total: 4.76 TB (usable space)

 

[unraided]

An update: I've got 9.55TB of storage now (8x Seagate 1.5TB disks as one single share). I slotted another Seagate 1.5TB disk just the other day. Just got to install and cable the last 4 -3 Disk Enclosure for a future 12 disks in total in my Cooler Master Centurion 590 case.

 

8TB and rising in the months to come.