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diff --git a/content/2022/repartitioning.md b/content/2022/repartitioning.md deleted file mode 100644 index b77d4c35..00000000 --- a/content/2022/repartitioning.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ ---- -date: 2022-05-07T10:15:00+02:00 -draft: false -category: engineering -year: 2022 -title: Repartitioning the home server -tags: -- homeserver -- partitioning -- DIY -- WD-Red -- SHR -- Synology -abstract: How I rethought and repartitioned my server. ---- -I have owned Synology 920+ for some two years. Unfortunately, when I first got it, I made some assumptions that are no longer true and therefore this NAS is basically a glorofied Plex machine. A bad one, as the CPU is not powerful for any modern codec transcoding. Time to fix it! - -## Durandal - -The server (named Durandal) had all drives in Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR) configuration until recenly. When I first bought the device, I got three WD-RED 4 TB drives, which left one bay empty. Soon, the occupied space filled the three drives, and I expanded it with 6 TB - as SHR allows for mixing drive size. In adition, SHR1 allows for one drive failure. -The configuration looked like: - -``` - HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 - -------- -------- -------- ------------ - | | | | | | | | - | WD-RED | | WD-RED | | WD-RED | | WD-RED | - | 4 TB | | 4 TB | | 4 TB | | 6 TB | - | | | | | | | | - -------- -------- -------- ------------ -| | - --------------------------------------------------- - Volume 1 (SHR1) - 9.6 TB -``` - -This setup has the drawback of not allowing as much storage as required, and storing movie backups on volume with redundancy is an overkill. - - -## Vulcan - -A few days ago, I rethought the current assumption, and the new ones are: - -- I want to host application on the NAS -- I want to host my photographs (no more iCloud subscription) -- I want to store multimedia, but I don't care if I lose it. - -This led to a new architecture based on two volumes: - - -``` - HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 - -------- -------- -------- ------------ - | | | | | | | | - | WD-RED | | WD-RED | | WD-RED | | WD-RED | - | 4 TB | | 4 TB | | 4 TB | | 6 TB | - | | | | | | | | - -------- -------- -------- ------------ - - CACHE1 CACHE2 - -------- -------- - | Samsung| | Samsung| - | 256 GB | | 256 GB | - -------- -------- -| | | | - ------------------------ --------------------------- - Volume 1 (SHR1) Volume 2 (RAID0) - 3.5 TB 8.7 TB - -``` - -Now I have a clear distinction between space for important stuff and for stuff I can recreate with ease. Having 3.5 TB is overkill here, as the drives will sooner fail than I will be able to fill them - currently, I store 520 GB in iCloud... and I pay for 2 TB as there is nothing in between. Having two 2 TB drives there would be much more economical - -The total capacity is also significantly higher now. There will be things I'll want to secure that are on Volume 2, but since it won't be anything mission-critical, I can just use a USB Drive for this. - -## The future - -Since the server is ready, I think I'll strive for: - -- adding new offsite backup (or 2) for Volume 1, -- leaving Plex (temporarily I use Samba shares), -- adding proper photo storage, -- adding a music server, -- adding DNS server, -- moving this site, -- moving my XMPP server, -- adding a VPN server, -- adding backup power for the NAS, modem, and router. |