First post on this forum, hopefully it's the correct section.
I have a HP ML350 G6 tower server in my basement. It's running Win10 Pro and handles Plex, Sonarr/Radarr/SABnzbd. 1x E5645, 8GB RAM. 1TB HDD for OS & Apps, 1x 6TB HDD for Media Storage.
I'm coming up to a point where my 6TB is filling up. Probably within the next 6-8 weeks I'll need to install a new one, so I figure this is as good a time as any to take a step back and decide whether to change my hardware/software setup or just add another drive and keep going.
Here's the documentation for the server: https://content.etilize.com/User-Manual/1022988121.pdf
I had a read it before purchasing the system and, not knowing any better, thought the 6 SATA connectors on the mobo would be more than enough for my drives. Well they're severely hobbled - I'm only getting SATA I or II speeds. I guess they were intended for Optical Drives only (who tf needs 6 ODDs).
I could hook up another HDD to the SATA ports and continue with the setup I have although I'm out of SATA power cables so I would need a SATA splitter which I'm wary of.
I'm looking into getting an LFF cage and a SAS HBA card but I'm not really sure what I'm doing.
I could get the LFF cage/backplane (ebay example) and an SAS HBA card (ebay example)
Then move all my disks to the cage and have better cable management and hopefully speed?
Alternatively I could just buy/build another system. At some point throwing money at this machine will have diminishing returns but right now the cost of an entire new system isn't in my budget.
Thanks for reading,
Dave
I have a HP ML350 G6 tower server in my basement. It's running Win10 Pro and handles Plex, Sonarr/Radarr/SABnzbd. 1x E5645, 8GB RAM. 1TB HDD for OS & Apps, 1x 6TB HDD for Media Storage.
I'm coming up to a point where my 6TB is filling up. Probably within the next 6-8 weeks I'll need to install a new one, so I figure this is as good a time as any to take a step back and decide whether to change my hardware/software setup or just add another drive and keep going.
Here's the documentation for the server: https://content.etilize.com/User-Manual/1022988121.pdf
I had a read it before purchasing the system and, not knowing any better, thought the 6 SATA connectors on the mobo would be more than enough for my drives. Well they're severely hobbled - I'm only getting SATA I or II speeds. I guess they were intended for Optical Drives only (who tf needs 6 ODDs).
I could hook up another HDD to the SATA ports and continue with the setup I have although I'm out of SATA power cables so I would need a SATA splitter which I'm wary of.
I'm looking into getting an LFF cage and a SAS HBA card but I'm not really sure what I'm doing.
I could get the LFF cage/backplane (ebay example) and an SAS HBA card (ebay example)
Then move all my disks to the cage and have better cable management and hopefully speed?
Alternatively I could just buy/build another system. At some point throwing money at this machine will have diminishing returns but right now the cost of an entire new system isn't in my budget.
Thanks for reading,
Dave