kriegalex
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Hi,
I had been using my server with Ubuntu for a while now with media files storage and torrenting done on a single 5 disk pool. Since yesterday, I've successfully migrated to FreeNAS and I wanted to take a chance while migrating to update/upgrade stuff before I get the server in a "I don't need to touch it anymore" state.
With my old install, I clearly saw and heard my server constantly accessing the 5 disks of my RAIDZ because of the torrenting done (seems obvious duh...). I was wondering if adding a small HDD (like 1TB) just to store the torrent data would improve the life span of my bigger 5 disk pool that hosts the media file. It would also diminish the noise (the disks are in a Supermicro hot swap bay and the case is full aluminium, which doesn't absorb noise well).
That way, 90% of the time there is only one HDD working (for Transmission or similar) instead of my whole 5 disk pool constantly accessing the data. Plus I want to upgrade the pool later on, so there will be even more disks working all the time so even more noise (I can't guarantee I will always have a separate room for the server, right now it's the case so noise is less important).
What do you think ? Will it help to get a better HDD life span for the main 5 disk? At least it would avoid having the server "scratching" all the time (I'm speaking of the noise the cage makes).
EDIT : when no torrenting is done, the server is really quiet, which is nice :) the only noise source are the disks
I had been using my server with Ubuntu for a while now with media files storage and torrenting done on a single 5 disk pool. Since yesterday, I've successfully migrated to FreeNAS and I wanted to take a chance while migrating to update/upgrade stuff before I get the server in a "I don't need to touch it anymore" state.
With my old install, I clearly saw and heard my server constantly accessing the 5 disks of my RAIDZ because of the torrenting done (seems obvious duh...). I was wondering if adding a small HDD (like 1TB) just to store the torrent data would improve the life span of my bigger 5 disk pool that hosts the media file. It would also diminish the noise (the disks are in a Supermicro hot swap bay and the case is full aluminium, which doesn't absorb noise well).
That way, 90% of the time there is only one HDD working (for Transmission or similar) instead of my whole 5 disk pool constantly accessing the data. Plus I want to upgrade the pool later on, so there will be even more disks working all the time so even more noise (I can't guarantee I will always have a separate room for the server, right now it's the case so noise is less important).
What do you think ? Will it help to get a better HDD life span for the main 5 disk? At least it would avoid having the server "scratching" all the time (I'm speaking of the noise the cage makes).
EDIT : when no torrenting is done, the server is really quiet, which is nice :) the only noise source are the disks
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