Upgrade plan for Hastur hardware.

See also: HasturRaidArray

3TB

Original configuration of 6 x 500GB disks in RAID5.

Usable capacity: 2.4TB = (6 * 0.5TB) * ((5-1)/5)

8TB

Hastur Raid Upgrade to 4x 2TB disks in RAID6.

Usable capacity: 4.0TB = (4 * 2TB) * ((4-2)/4)

Backup

2x 2TB disks added as backups (1 on-site, 1 off-site) in RAID1.

Added no extra capacity.

14TB

HasturRaidUpgrade2

Added 2x 3TB disks. 1 as off-site backup.

Substitute Strategy

  • Add one 3TB disk to array. Capacity += 2TB.

Backup Replacement Strategy

  • Add previous 2TB backup disk to array. Capacity += 2TB.
  • Use new 3TB disk as on-site backup.

Upgrade Paths

From 2222[4],2 (current) to

  • -> 222226,3 (keep one 3TB as backup, give Cos the other)
  • -> 222233[8],2 (
  • -> 222223[8],3
  • -> (22)(22)44[8] -> (22)4444[12]

18TB

HasturRaidUpgrade3

  • Add 2x 3TB disks, move remaining 2TB disk to backup duty
  • -> 333333[12], 2
  • Hopefully sufficient for the next 3 years.

Upgrade Paths

Replace 2x 3TB with 2x 6TB

  • -> (33)(33)66[12],33
  • -> raid10?: (3|3)(3|3)(3|3)(3|3)[12]

36TB

CyclopsRaidUpgrade1

  • Add 4x 6TB disks
  • -> 666666[24]