[support.osuosl.org #34306] Disks specification for osgeo6

[lr@pcorp.us via RT]

> On Fri Sep 19 13:37:39 2025, lr at pcorp.us wrote:
> > > > We are planning to finish the mail server movement this weekend,
> > > > then
> > > > osgeo6 machine we can:
> > > >
> > > > - install an additional disks
> > > > - format and install the OS needed for virtualization
> > > >
> > > > We need to buy the additional disks, can you help us with the
> > > > specifications based on the hardware we have. We at least need 2 for
> RAID.
> >
> > Account created and member of sudoers and key added.  Let us know if
> > you run into issues using it.
> 
> Works!
> 
> Looks like this system has 6 slots which are all currently filled with 480G 2.5"
> SATA Intel SSD's. So you can't add anymore, but you could replace some. How
> would you like to proceed?
> 
> --
> Lance Albertson
> Director
> Oregon State University | Open Source Lab

Oh didn't realize they were SSDs so it's a combo of RAID1 and  RAID 5 config I see. 
Ideally we'd want to have at least 6 TB of workable disk space.  Is it possible to replace some of the disks but not all, or you think it's bad to have a mix of disks.


NAME                  MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
sda                     8:0    0 447.1G  0 disk
└─sda1                  8:1    0 447.1G  0 part
  └─md1                 9:1    0   1.3T  0 raid5
    ├─ogdata-www      253:0    0    75G  0 lvm   /var/www
    ├─ogdata-home     253:1    0    50G  0 lvm   /home
    ├─ogdata-mailman  253:2    0    60G  0 lvm   /var/lib/mailman
    └─ogdata-download 253:3    0   150G  0 lvm   /osgeo/download
sdb                     8:16   0 447.1G  0 disk
└─sdb1                  8:17   0 447.1G  0 part
  └─md1                 9:1    0   1.3T  0 raid5
    ├─ogdata-www      253:0    0    75G  0 lvm   /var/www
    ├─ogdata-home     253:1    0    50G  0 lvm   /home
    ├─ogdata-mailman  253:2    0    60G  0 lvm   /var/lib/mailman
    └─ogdata-download 253:3    0   150G  0 lvm   /osgeo/download
sdc                     8:32   0 447.1G  0 disk
└─sdc1                  8:33   0 447.1G  0 part
  └─md1                 9:1    0   1.3T  0 raid5
    ├─ogdata-www      253:0    0    75G  0 lvm   /var/www
    ├─ogdata-home     253:1    0    50G  0 lvm   /home
    ├─ogdata-mailman  253:2    0    60G  0 lvm   /var/lib/mailman
    └─ogdata-download 253:3    0   150G  0 lvm   /osgeo/download
sdd                     8:48   0 447.1G  0 disk
└─sdd1                  8:49   0 447.1G  0 part
  └─md1                 9:1    0   1.3T  0 raid5
    ├─ogdata-www      253:0    0    75G  0 lvm   /var/www
    ├─ogdata-home     253:1    0    50G  0 lvm   /home
    ├─ogdata-mailman  253:2    0    60G  0 lvm   /var/lib/mailman
    └─ogdata-download 253:3    0   150G  0 lvm   /osgeo/download
sde                     8:64   0  74.5G  0 disk
└─sde1                  8:65   0  74.5G  0 part
  └─md0                 9:0    0  74.5G  0 raid1
    ├─osgeo6-boot     253:4    0   244M  0 lvm   /boot
    ├─osgeo6-root     253:5    0  18.6G  0 lvm   /
    ├─osgeo6-swap     253:6    0  14.9G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
    └─osgeo6-var      253:7    0  18.6G  0 lvm   /var
sdf                     8:80   0  74.5G  0 disk
└─sdf1                  8:81   0  74.5G  0 part
  └─md0                 9:0    0  74.5G  0 raid1
    ├─osgeo6-boot     253:4    0   244M  0 lvm   /boot
    ├─osgeo6-root     253:5    0  18.6G  0 lvm   /
    ├─osgeo6-swap     253:6    0  14.9G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
    └─osgeo6-var      253:7    0  18.6G  0 lvm   /var