This is really interesting. I currently have a z800 running as a backup for my nas, but it’s overkill and uses a lot of power. I also had to do some weird stuff to get set up properly. This setup might actually work for me. I have a bunch of mini pcs I could probably use. I just need to be able to add a 10gbe nic and I’ll be good to go.
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agile_squirrel@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
To add to your decision paralysis, a USB 6 bay DAS is cheap and power efficient solution.
blog.patshead.com/…/is-a-4-bay-usb-sata-disk-encl…
Personally, I have a SSD with a 4-3-1 backup for important files and a 16 TB hdd with a 2-2-0 backup for unimportant files.
Regardless of what you go with, I’d recommend buying less quantity of higher capacity drives (14+ TB) instead of more smaller capacity drives. I’d also make sure you have a strategy in place first, and then worry about RAID.
killabeezio@lemmy.world 1 week ago
yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
So thoughtful of you, caring for my decision paralysis :D Actually that sounds like a great alternative, might make me choose for something like it and completely delete my paralysis :)
Hmm less drives with more capacity… Wouldn’t that reduce my ability to keep more copies? Unless with less drives you mean 3, instead of 6 and 3 for me us more than I have now xd On the other hand less drives mean less complex NAS, plenty of people have been talking of backup strategies, and I was just simply thinking of having a drive with a clone for important data and another drive for less important (media) data. Then maybe have the most important stuff in a cloud service as an extra safety.
Anyway, many thanks for
adding to my paralisysgiving a new extra option, it looks promising.agile_squirrel@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I see some people start out with a NAS and a raid array (e.g., several 8TB drive array). Instead, I’d try to pay a little more upfront for a larger single drive. It lowers power cost, is simpler, and scales better in the future if you need more storage. I personally wouldn’t buy anything smaller than 14 TB.
Ugurcan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
As a NAS owner of 5 years now, I’d definitely go with a DAS + a MiniPC, preferably with UnRaid on it.
yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Thanks for the note about noise, it is hard to remember that at times. In a way I would consider SSD drives only just for that reason, but have to check if all prices are prohibitively expensive.