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pedro_nuke

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Hi everyone,

I would say I am a sole developer and I use a virtual machines to run my dev environment. I have an internal ssd for this.

Then, I have to external USB drives; one holds the source code/data/etc and I use the other one for backup.

I am considering to get a NAS bay. I can see how RAID works but I still need to backup the data.

So, I wonder whether a NAS solution will give me any additional benefits and whether it is worth.

What do you think?

Thanks
 
If you don't need to share your data with other machines on a network, attached storage is fine.
RAID is just a way to make a larger capacity storage volume out of smaller capacity devices. In the days before multi Terabyte capacity drives, it was a necessary evil. Today, not as much.

One advantage a RAID 1 array can provide is byte-by-byte backup. But that can be done on a machine using Intel's Rapid Storage Technology driver.
 
likely not much for a solo user. It will be slower than direct attached storage. Both still require secondary backup.
 
I didn't mention that I do not really store movies/photos and put them on a big screen and this kind of things.
 

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