Introduction
This project is to revamp and reuse a lot of the hardware just laying around in home. Currently storage is not an issue, so enjoying just needing about 1TB storage, but drive is a little old.
Background
Previously using an old laptop z580 from 2012. Not bad, but slowing down significantly when browsers are open. Running 240GB SSD and 2x4GB RAM. Services required:
- smb (fileshare over 1G, was 100M)
- synergy (sharing mouse)
- 20.04 LTS (time to upgrade)
Moving to "new" Dell Inspiron 3647, running on i3-4170. It has a lot of what I want:
- 220W psu
- 3 years newer and desktop (55W TDP)
- 2 SATA
- PCIe2.0 x16 x1
Upgrades:
- add power connector (splice)
- SATA
- currently looking at Sedna adapter that has heavily throttled (400/200 MBps R/W) but convenient at $30 https://www.newegg.com/sedna-model-se-pcie-ssd-sata6g-pci-express-to-sata-card/p/17Z-0001-00054
- iocrest has standard 2 SATA, but needs to add power connector (450/350) at $20 https://www.microcenter.com/product/383009/2-port_SATA_60Gb-s_PCIe_Controller_Card
- fill in x16
Work Performed
- moved 240GB SSD from old server to new, verified that it sits on 6G link
- secondary 1TB drive on 3G link, but HDD so slow
- checked via 'dmesg | grep -i sata | grep 'link up''
- shopping for hardware... and assessing if really necessary to have multiple 1TB drives available (better for reliability, but... so far not burned yet)
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