I have recently built my first little FreeNAS system from a new Dell T30. The T30 came with a 1TB drive, which I swapped out for 2 4TB drives that I have mirrored. I have 2 free drive bays. Everything is working great so far.
I'm wondering if there is anything useful that I can do with the 1TB drive that I have sitting in the closet now? I don't know that I'd be able to put this drive through all the proper testing because I don't have a spare server or anything. My server is pretty basic and just stores personal documents, ripped movies, home movies, photos, music, and runs the Plex and MineOS plugins. I don't actually need to do anything else, I just hate to have wasted hardware in the closet.
And related (and not originally going to be part of this question, but oh well) I was apparently subjected to an Amazon Brushing scam (google it) and received 2 10TB WD Purple drives (WD Purple 10TB Surveillance Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD101PURZ) on my doorstep that I did not order (but addressed to me). From what I can gather, and after calling Amazon, these drives are now mine even though I didn't order them. There isn't a ton of discussion about Purple drives in these forums, but there is at least one thread that I read through and there is mixed consensus about how useful they are in a FreeNAS system. I don't know all the differences between types of drives, but apparently these are meant for storing surveillance footage. Any suggestions on what I should do with these drives?
I'm wondering if there is anything useful that I can do with the 1TB drive that I have sitting in the closet now? I don't know that I'd be able to put this drive through all the proper testing because I don't have a spare server or anything. My server is pretty basic and just stores personal documents, ripped movies, home movies, photos, music, and runs the Plex and MineOS plugins. I don't actually need to do anything else, I just hate to have wasted hardware in the closet.
And related (and not originally going to be part of this question, but oh well) I was apparently subjected to an Amazon Brushing scam (google it) and received 2 10TB WD Purple drives (WD Purple 10TB Surveillance Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD101PURZ) on my doorstep that I did not order (but addressed to me). From what I can gather, and after calling Amazon, these drives are now mine even though I didn't order them. There isn't a ton of discussion about Purple drives in these forums, but there is at least one thread that I read through and there is mixed consensus about how useful they are in a FreeNAS system. I don't know all the differences between types of drives, but apparently these are meant for storing surveillance footage. Any suggestions on what I should do with these drives?