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Terra hard drive upgrades - upgrade all 4 drives?

J

JSKMDWK

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Is it possible to change all of the hard drives in a Terra to a larger size? Can they be purchased from K-scape?

For example, if I pulled all four of the 6Tb drives from my Terra 24, can I replace all of them with 12 Tb drives to get a 48 Tb Terra?

I assume it is physically possible, I have had to replace a 6Tb drive previously. Just not sure if there is software/firmware issues or if the unit is locked into being the size it was from the factory.
 
K does not offer the ability to upgrade the drives in Terra servers. Keep in mind the drives need a "file system," and that is preinstalled before shipping. If you pulled the four drives and found a way to add larger drives, you wouldn't have the required file system.

Jim
 
Welcome to the twilight zone @JSKMDWK ;-)

There’s a lot of folk asking similar questions and although you can’t buy off the shelf drives there seems to be a bit of an appetite (here at least) to be able to upgrade the capacity of a Terra so that the chassis doesn’t need replacing. I’ve no idea if this is technically possible from a K perspective.

Another thing that came up before, I know I brought it up, was the idea of having a much larger Terra array, a bit like the older 3U systems where you could add disks as you go. I still think that would be mint but again no idea what the economics behind that be and whether that is something that would break K’s current hardware strategy
 
cinelife said:
K does not offer the ability to upgrade the drives in Terra servers. Keep in mind the drives need a "file system," and that is preinstalled before shipping. If you pulled the four drives and found a way to add larger drives, you wouldn't have the required file system.

Jim
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I am asking about purchasing 4 12Tb drives from K-scape with the file structures and swapping them out.
 
JSKMDWK said:
I am asking about purchasing 4 12Tb drives from K-scape with the file structures and swapping them out.
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Sorry, I assumed you would be trying to add/upgrade drives one at a time, like we did in the past. In any case, that part of the discussion is mute because K will not sell you larger drives to install in the Server. The only way to add storage is purchase additional Terra servers.

Jim
 
Yeah pretty much K’s Bread and Butter is the Premium they make on storage….So as the other Posters have said …..Your meant to Buy larger Terra’s not upgrade the existing
 
Wonder what the difference is in the Terra? Why can’t it handle larger drives? Would be great if you could upgrade. From a hardware perspective seems strange. Most “servers” can handle larger drivers. All 3 of mine seem the same. 😆
 
K offers multiple storage options for Terra, if we were permitted to upgrade drives why would anyone ever purchase a model with the larger drives?
As an example, if I really wanted 88TB of storage, I would buy the Terra 48 at $18,000, then separately order 4 22TB drives at an approx. cost of $3200, for a total cost of $21,200 versus buying the Terra 88 at $26,000.

The company obviously knows the income stream required to operate, grow, remain profitable, and more importantly keep the company around well into the future, and apparently that doesn't include the ability to swap drives.

Jim
 
Very valid Jim.
When I bought my first Terra I bought the largest available at 40Tb, when I added an additional one I bought the 72 Tb model, again the largest available at the time. Perhaps there is a trade-in and upgrade option available or coming soon (no rush yet) as for now I have enough storage and I still have my legacy Premier servers to keep me going.
 
I’m going to add my repeating echo comment… I just want to see all my films from the UI, downloaded or not ☹️ this gap can’t be the only reason to keep buying Terras (if you have fast enough connection and don’t mind waiting 15 minutes). Obviously if you can afford it then multiple Terras definitely good idea 😊
 
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