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New owner of a TVS-882 NAS, coming from a ReadyNAS516 to QNAP. I have read quite a bit to determine the best strategy and here is my config:

2 SSDs (500GB RAID0).
2 M.2 (500GB RAID0).
6 3TB (~12TB RAID5).

1. Should I configure the 2 SSDs as DataVol1 (RAID0), so that all apps and system install to that volume?
2. 2 M.2 SSDs as (“Cache Acclerator”) RAID0
3. DataVol2 (RAID5) the 6 3TB (12TB and will contain all my data/media)?
4. If I lose the DataVol1/system will the NAS become inoperable?

Would that be the correct approach/strategy above as I will be running SQL, Roon, Plex?

Thanks
 
I would probably RAID1 the boot volume, for some failover protection (RAID1 is not a backup, but with RAID1, the array is typically Active/Standby).

Keep in mind that the base firmware runs of a dedicated disk-on-module, and rest pretty much runs in RAM - more RAM is always better, and QTS will use as much as you give it.

M2's in RAID0 as SSH Cache seems like a good idea - but I would check performance with RAID0 vs. standalone drives, latency might be a bit higher with RAID0..

The spinners - I'm more friendly towards RAID10 - but this depends on your application performance use cases - I'm not a big fan of RAID5/6 for a multitude of reasons - but that's just my opinion...
 
And not to be preachy, but ensure that you include the NAS as part of your overall backup strategy, esp. with RAID - it's mature tech, but one never knows ;)
 
And not to be preachy, but ensure that you include the NAS as part of your overall backup strategy, esp. with RAID - it's mature tech, but one never knows ;)

Thanks for the feedback and I will be replicating my data/media to the RN516.
 

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