Subnostr

How do you switch to a bigger drive? Can I plug in a new one and move everything over? Or just plug in a new 1 TB and it will start using that for storage when the first one fills up?

ShiShi21m 2y ago

I always wondered if you could "daisy-chain" a node setup with multiple HDs like this...

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Enki 2y ago

I recently upgraded to a mirrored RAID for my node. The redundancy is nice.

ShiShi21m 2y ago

Very nice!

Enki 2y ago

It was mainly for the LN side of my node. As I build out channels id really hate for a HD crash to force me to lose all my channels.

Smaug 2y ago

I don’t know enough about Linux yet but could you add another ssd and mount it to the data directory of bitcoin core? The place it saves the data to?

ShiShi21m 2y ago

I have never tried to do this, nor have I ever tried to select multiple directories at initial setup.

Enki 2y ago

I dont see why not but Im not the best with mount points in hard drives but it would for sure take some finagling.

If you wanted to upgrade your nodes data drive you might have an easier time taking the node down for a few hours while you plug in the new HD, copy over the data directory, point core at the new data drive and catch up.

Smaug 2y ago

Thanks. I’ll have to look into that down the road.

Enki 2y ago

No worries. Always happy to help with tech stuff when I can.