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Any suggestions on SATA power cabling? EVGA power supply. 18 TB HDDs so assume the pin out bs. 14 HDDs + 1 x NVMe. What sort of splitters / whatnots are recommended? TIA

I'm planning to rebuild/redeploy one of my fileservers (mostly media data for Plex).

The current setup is Windows 10 with 1 x 512 GB NVMe drive for OS and 6 x 16 TB drives in a DrivePool group protected via SnapRAID (2 parity drives).

Tentative thought:

1. Add 8 x 18 GB HDDs connected to existing (unused) LSI SAS9207-8i HBA already flashed to IT mode.

2. Install TrueNAS to NVMe drive. Configure 8 x 18 TB drives as a single vdev and add vdev to zpool.

3. Mount (I assume I can do these - please advise if this won't work) old 4 x 16 TB ntfs data drives in read-only (ro) mode.

4. Copy old ntfs data to zpool/media filessytem.

5. Umount ntfs drives.

6. Create second vdev using 6 x 16 TB d

Please post up some HDD mounting pics in your R7XL.

I have extra Type B tray kits. I mount the disks to those trays and then place those disks in the HDD cage kits (each cage holds two HDDs)..

I see how to mount/place four HDDs in the bottom of the case but can't seem to figure out how to mount additional cages.

I'm probably overlooking something obvious but don't want to snap/break something in frustration.

Many thanks.

Please post up some HDD mounting pics in your R7XL.

I have extra Type B tray kits. I mount the disks to those trays and then place those disks in the HDD cage kits (each cage holds two HDDs)..

I see how to mount/place four HDDs in the bottom of the case but can't seem to figure out how to mount additional cages.

I'm probably overlooking something obvious but don't want to snap/break something in frustration.

Many thanks.

Looking at an 8 or 12 bay Synology.

Couple quick questions - I'm not new to NAS but new to Synology.

Can you mix/match drive sizes? How easily can filesystems be expanded later?

What's the scoop on history retention? Viewing graphs it appears the default is 30 days. How can that be extended?

I'm a set it and forget it type. Is there any reason to run Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS instead of 21.04 on a new storage server?

Is the Fractal Design Celsius S36 (PD-WCU-CELSIUS-S36-BK to be specific) CPU cooler compatible with newer Intel Gen10/11 CPUs which use the LGA1200 socket type?

Fractal's Product Sheet confirms the S36 supports 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011, 2011-v3, and 2066 (via included 2011-v3 kit) Intel CPUs.

My assumption is that the Product Sheet was printed prior to the LGA1200 launch and that's why it's not included on their list of compatible CPUs, however, I'd like to confirm before purchasing a new system board and processor. Thanks all.

Update: I found the following on Fractal's site which confirms that the LGA1200 -is- compatible with the S36 cooler.. [Celsius LGA 1200 Support : Frac

What sort of label machine do I need to produce similar labels?

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WD easystore 16TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive Black WDBAMA0160HBK-NESN - Best Buy

WD Model WDBAMA0160HBK .. Easily shucked or would one need to worry about pins/cables/bs?

It's fine to say if this is more trouble than it's worth.

I have a bunch of TV shows on disk that have been ripped from old DVDs that I'd like to export/transcode as individual episodes - with each episode as a .mkv file.

Is there a fairly easy way to accomplish this or should I punt and just use Kodi instead of Plex for these programs?

I have Macs and Windows and Linux PCs, so I'm not particularly partial to OS specific apps, if that matters.

Cheers,