On Tue, June 19, 2012 1:37 am, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:24:58 -0400 > Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [snip] > >> Felix, did you follow any >> analogous steps for the 4TB drives? >> >> (Cripes, that's a lot of data. One drive, bigger than any of my >> aggregate volumes.) > > > Completely OT but what the heck: :-) > > I built a 12TB FreeNAS Storage box for the home and dared the wife to > fill it with content. For purposes of illustration I told her that this > was an awful lot of data - 1357 raw DVD movie rips for example. > > "Go for it honey!" I said thinking the myself "She will NEVER fill that, > or even come close!" > > The joke's on me. After 6 weeks, she's halfway there ^_^
Are you sure those are all unique files? Not multiple versions of the same movie? ;) I've got a decent sized storage box as well. When building it, I already planned ahead to allow additional disks to be easily added. Now I need to change the layout at home, as she finds the server too noisy ;) -- Joost
