Storage

[Tad]

I've never used it, but a number of my coworkers swear by
http://www.freenas.org/  You could get a low power 12v dc system to run it
on.  Given the environment I'd go with solid state disks.  The rest of us
at work seem to like the readynas systems from Netgear.  They come in 2-6
bays for the average user, but I think they are all 110v and it would be a
hack to run it on DC.

I too second Crashplan.  Besides that it will let you backup to a friend's
machine (or another machine of your own) for free, it lets you set the
crypto key on that backup as well as the one that you can pay them to store
for you.

-Tad


On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Dave Skolnick <dskolnick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to Rob, Sandy, and Louie for their feedback so far.
>
> I like the drive toaster. Very cool. Doesn't accept 5.25" drives like
> my Samsung.
>
> As Sandy suggested I'm spelunking through Newegg and Tigerdirect. I
> found a Sabrent EC-ST5B at Tigerdirect that looks okay (power supply
> output voltage isn't clear) that I can get with Amazon Prime at a good
> price (cheaper than Newegg or Tigerdirect with shipping).
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MALMRG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A29Y8OP2GPR7PE
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Rob Seastrom <rs at seastrom.com> wrote:
> >> Longer term I'd like to move those functions to a USB or Ethernet RAID
> >> drive (probably RAID-5) somewhere between 2 and 5 TB. Again, 12VDC
> >> operation is preferred but 117VAC is okay.
> >
> > How important is plug-and-chug vs. building it yourself to you?  How
> > good are you with Unix?  I am super happy with a SmartOS (illumos
> > under the hood, which is son-of-OpenSolaris) based NAS that I put
> > together myself last fall in an HP N40L chassis.  Best of all it has
> > ZFS which is a nice guard against silent data corruption.
>
> I'm happy to build something. Unix/Linux is no problem.
>
> More context for those who can tolerate a longer story.
>
> I live on and work from my boat. I have three sources of 117VAC (shore
> power when at the dock, a 6kW diesel generator, and 2kW DC-AC
> inverter). I try to keep a 12VDC boat. All the systems aboard except
> aircon, water heating, and TV run off 12VDC. Away from the dock I run
> the inverter to watch TV. I run the generator to charge batteries, run
> aircon, and heat water.
>
> My laptop (Windows for mission critical functions including e-mail
> over HF radio and navigation) is set up to run off 12VDC through a
> DC-DC converter.
>
> The SATA drive in an external enclosure is/was both my back-up volume
> and iTunes library.
>
> Losing the external drive (fortunately the adapter and not the drive
> itself) has really scared the bejeepers out of me.
>
> I'm trying to get back on line, thus the interest in the new
> enclosure/SATA adapter.
>
> I'm trying to get something more robust, thus the interest in a RAID drive.
>
> I do have a Linux server I run when plugged into shore power (it's a
> power hog) and another Linux server in my shoreside lab (accessible
> with a VPN and no-ip.org).
>
> I'm happy to talk about "why Windows?" for my nav station but that's
> OT for my current needs. I'm focused now on 1. getting my
> backup/iTunes online and 2. replacing that SATA drive with a RAID
> drive for increased robustness.
>
> Aside from rotating the movies on my iPhone (*grin*) my seven year old
> T60p is getting wonky and I'd like to get the backup/iTunes situation
> in hand before I replace the T60p. That's going to be really painful
> as I have a lot of weird stuff installed. *sigh*
>
> For the landbound, installations on an offshore cruising boat have
> number of issues:
>
> Power consumption is a big deal. Less is more.
>
> Vibration is an issue. Main propulsion engine vibration is transmitted
> throughout the boat. The low frequency vibration isn't bad but the
> high frequency seems to propagate.
>
> Shock is an issue. Several times a year I sail offshore to New
> England, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. Falling off a wave
> every minute or so creates quite a shock. I can power down the
> external drive (and do) but even so the hardware takes a beating.
>
> Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I'm doing my own research on RAID drives but what y'all may have to
> offer does help.
>
> 73 es sail fast de dave KO4MI
> S/V Auspicious
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