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Any NAS users?
I have a Synology Diskstation that's been going strong for 11 years. There is a 1 TB WD Black and a 2 TB WD Green in there.
I use it as a media server from the 1 TB drive, which backs up to the 2 TB drive weekly. The 2 TB drive also takes the weekly backup from my PC.
I'm amazed at the longevity, but I'm wanting to increase the speed and capacity, so I'm thinking about buying/building a new one.
I want the media server to run from solid state disks, so I'm thinking of doing either 4x1TB or 2x2TB SSD's, backing up to an 8 TB HDD. These won't be high-end SSD's as no matter what I buy, I'll be saturating the ethernet link.
Why not just buy a 4 TB SSD, you say? Because they get pricey.
It would be convenient if I could pool the SSD's together to make them one accessible drive like I have now. I'm looking for recommendations on the best way to do that; different types of RAID, etc.
I have a Synology Diskstation that's been going strong for 11 years. There is a 1 TB WD Black and a 2 TB WD Green in there.
I use it as a media server from the 1 TB drive, which backs up to the 2 TB drive weekly. The 2 TB drive also takes the weekly backup from my PC.
I'm amazed at the longevity, but I'm wanting to increase the speed and capacity, so I'm thinking about buying/building a new one.
I want the media server to run from solid state disks, so I'm thinking of doing either 4x1TB or 2x2TB SSD's, backing up to an 8 TB HDD. These won't be high-end SSD's as no matter what I buy, I'll be saturating the ethernet link.
Why not just buy a 4 TB SSD, you say? Because they get pricey.
It would be convenient if I could pool the SSD's together to make them one accessible drive like I have now. I'm looking for recommendations on the best way to do that; different types of RAID, etc.
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