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Running out of space soon (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ericwbolin@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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My 12-bay NAS has only about 10TB left. That'll last a while, but Linux repos add up.

What are my options for increasing?

Are the Synology expansion units recommended?
Get a whole 'nother 12-bay and just use it separately?
....??? Not sure.

I'm definitely a novice at network/computer stuff. Any tips?

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[–] dev_all_the_ops@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You could add more with a usb/thunderbolt/sas jbod expansion.
Buy a bigger unit, transfer the drives and sell the old one
Clustering/hyperconverged with truenas or ceph

[–] joeyvanbeek@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some more info would be nice, like what size are the drives you’re using atm?

[–] ericwbolin@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Twelve bays, each with 14TB. I don't need/use it for anything other than storage, really. A couple small-level docker things.

[–] linef4ult@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

As you're already using large disks if I was in your situation I'd 100% get an expansion.