Thread: Ubuntu Home Server Upgrade Advice Needed

hey all,

running ubuntu home media server responsibilities are:

• filesharing (mainly videos can watched on ios devices , xbmc hooked 2 different tvs in house)

• nzb downloading (sabnzb & sickbeard)

• dyndns resolution

• airvideo server

• websever (very small footprint, 1 or 2 functions user)

• any other random thing can come linux me.

server running on ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) 32 bit. here output of df -h command:

code:

sysadmin@mediaserver:~$ df -h  filesystem            size  used avail use% mounted on  /dev/md0              4.6g  4.3g   94m  98% /  none                  986m  248k  985m   1% /dev  none                  990m     0  990m   0% /dev/shm  none                  990m  372k  990m   1% /var/run  none                  990m     0  990m   0% /var/lock  none                  990m     0  990m   0% /lib/init/rw  /dev/sdb3              92g  1.8g   86g   3% /backup  /dev/md1              276g  226g   36g  87% /home  /dev/sda4             634g  541g   61g  90% /mediafiles  /dev/sdb4             546g  514g   32g  95% /oldmediafiles

to summerize, have /dev/sda & /dev/sdb both 1 tb hard drives.

have following partitions under software raid:
/dev/md0 / 4.6 gb
/dev/md1 /home 276 gb

rest free space in both sda , sdb drives dedicated videos download.

now, issue having sdb hard drive fail. output of smartctl -hc /dev/sdb

code:

sysadmin@mediaserver:~$ sudo smartctl -hc /dev/sdb  smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] copyright (c) 2002-8 bruce allen  home page http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/    === start of read smart data section ===  smart overall-health self-assessment test result: failed!  drive failure expected in less 24 hours. save data.  failed attributes:  id# attribute_name          flag     value worst thresh type      updated  when_failed raw_value    5 reallocated_sector_ct   0x0033   002   002   036    pre-fail    failing_now 4015    general smart values:  offline data collection status:  (0x82) offline data collection activity                                          completed without error.                                          auto offline data collection: enabled.  self-test execution status:      (   0) previous self-test routine completed                                          without error or no self-test has ever                                          been run.  total time complete offline  data collection:                 ( 600) seconds.  offline data collection  capabilities:                    (0x7b) smart execute offline immediate.                                          auto offline data collection on/off support.                                          suspend offline collection upon new                                          command.                                          offline surface scan supported.                                          self-test supported.                                          conveyance self-test supported.                                          selective self-test supported.  smart capabilities:            (0x0003) saves smart data before entering                                          power-saving mode.                                          supports smart auto save timer.  error logging capability:        (0x01) error logging supported.                                          general purpose logging supported.  short self-test routine  recommended polling time:        (   1) minutes.  extended self-test routine  recommended polling time:        ( 195) minutes.  conveyance self-test routine  recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.  sct capabilities:              (0x103f) sct status supported.                                          sct feature control supported.                                          sct data table supported.

lastly, have no space left on / parititon becoming difficult upgrades , install new software on ubuntu system.

have decided hard drives need replaced purchased 2 x 3 tb hard drives want put raid 1 configuration. instead of paritioning of space going put on partition , have mirrored. way if 1 ever fails can replace drive , still , running.

since doing this, going plan on reinstalling newest ubuntu version i'd keep settings sabnzb, sickbeard, , other things setup computer.

can of guys offer advice how go doing this? best way without problems.

appriciate help, thanks!

you try cleaning out / 5gb partition bit small if going installing ton of stuff.

run server vms 15gb drives, usually, drives large 50gb.

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