I have set up a Home Server. The Server is used for several purposes, but most specifically as a home Media server and online cloud, with local Back up. Recently lost 2 HDD's due to severe power surge and I am rebuilding. Because of this I have an opportunity to add an SSD Drive (128G) and 2 new one new HDD.
Set up:
System: - MB, Processor, Ram necessary
HDD's:
- 2 - 2TB HDD
- 1 - 3TB HDD
1 - 128G SSD
OS:
- Ubuntu 14.04
(Set up to run as an internet server / media interface / DVR / etc.
Software:
- Subsonic (Audio Server)
- Plex (Media Server)
- Kodi
- LAMP
- Joomla
- ownCloud (Or possibly Pydio)
- Piwigo (Image Archive)
- PhPBB 3 (Test build page only)
And others as needed in the future
Under my old build I was able to utilize GPT to make one large drive, since all drives were 7200 rpm, this worked like a champ for several years now. Gratefully I also have a brilliant back up system.
Under this new build, with the SSD drive, I would like to have the Ubuntu 14.04 OS and Software installed on the SSD drive (For faster server boot up and faster initial software response), and storage of data on the HDD's.
I would like to have the HDD's viewed by the system as one large drive (ie, approximately 7TB), and not as 4 separate drives
I have some concerns with the /Home directory only being assigned to the HDD Partition, and not the WWW folder as well, as my online cloud service, for friends and family, stores archives to the Sub-directories in the WWW folder, and not the home directory (I think ???)
Now to the questions:
Can I simply add the SSD drive and the HDD drives into one single GPT partition and assume that the OS and software will install to the SSD drive (Which seems illogical), or what OS installation/partition process should I consider?
Would it even be worth the trouble to add the SSD drive?
I guess what I am asking, in as layman terms as possible, what would the best build solution be, and the process to get it there.
I am almost a complete Noob here, so I hope my question makes some sense
Any help would be greatly appreciated