New Home Backup Server (Dell T640 with 18 20TB Disks)
In this video I create a new backup server from a Dell EMC PowerEdge T640 with 18x 20TB Seagate Exos refurbished drives. Also there's some more ranting about backups in general. But idk, there are chapters so you can skip to whatever. And it's not technically a server, in that it doesn't serve files. It's really more of a client that takes files from other servers and holds onto them. But I call it a backup server because hardware-wise it's a server. Anywho, that's the description. It's probably not optimal for the YouTube algorithm, but hey, I'm not an influencer even though I have a TikTok account that I don't use.
Update: • PCIe Bifurcation Frustration with Icy Dock...
00:00 Intro
02:08 The Drives
03:30 The Data & Other Backups
05:40 RAID & Data Loss
10:00 IcyDock ExpressCage
13:23 Fan Noise
18:30 Caddies, Trays, or Sleds.. Whatever
28:27 Booting & Array Creation
33:50 Array Build Status and Drive Stats
36:43 OS SSDs and T640 Internals
58:20 Lengthy Conclusion (Backups Rant.. again)
1:10:20 Outro