nospamever
Regular Contributor
Seeking advice from this forum about what is a good approach to my RAID setup.
As of now, I have the following:
1) Brand new Netgear RN316 (6-bay) with 4x 3TB and 2x4TB disks
2) 2nd hand Netgear RN104 (4-bay) with 4x 3TB disks
3) 2nd hand Netgear RN102 (2-bay) with 2x 2TB disks
4) 2nd hand Buffalo LinkStation LS-WVL (2-bay) with 2x2TB disks (able to accept 2x4TB disks)
5) 2nd hand Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 (2-bay) with 2x1TB disks (can only accept 2x1TB disks)
6) Have 3x4TB, 2x2TB and 1x1TB portable USB3.0 drives.
I like Netgear/Readynas and all 3 Netgears above are newer than the last 2.
Happy to put both Buffalo and Seagate on facebook marketplace if these are in excess of needs. Plus both are really slow anyways with only USB2.0 ports. All Netgears have USB3.0 ports.
My current setup is RAID1 across all NASs. I think I need to be smarter and learn more about redundancy, performance and backup for my home network.
I do not plan to buy anymore kit so trying to use what I have.
I am trying to be device-agnostic, meaning I can remove disks from one NAS and put it in another NAS of a different brand. That is the reason why I have not learned how to use x-raid. Not entirely sure if my reason is sound.
Order of importance for me is (1) backup (2) redundancy (3) performance. My data comprise of family pictures and videos, personal and home-office files. These equate to roughly 4TB of important data.
I am hoping to have a simple and reliable setup. Any pointers or guidance will be appreciated.
Thank you.
As of now, I have the following:
1) Brand new Netgear RN316 (6-bay) with 4x 3TB and 2x4TB disks
2) 2nd hand Netgear RN104 (4-bay) with 4x 3TB disks
3) 2nd hand Netgear RN102 (2-bay) with 2x 2TB disks
4) 2nd hand Buffalo LinkStation LS-WVL (2-bay) with 2x2TB disks (able to accept 2x4TB disks)
5) 2nd hand Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 (2-bay) with 2x1TB disks (can only accept 2x1TB disks)
6) Have 3x4TB, 2x2TB and 1x1TB portable USB3.0 drives.
I like Netgear/Readynas and all 3 Netgears above are newer than the last 2.
Happy to put both Buffalo and Seagate on facebook marketplace if these are in excess of needs. Plus both are really slow anyways with only USB2.0 ports. All Netgears have USB3.0 ports.
My current setup is RAID1 across all NASs. I think I need to be smarter and learn more about redundancy, performance and backup for my home network.
I do not plan to buy anymore kit so trying to use what I have.
I am trying to be device-agnostic, meaning I can remove disks from one NAS and put it in another NAS of a different brand. That is the reason why I have not learned how to use x-raid. Not entirely sure if my reason is sound.
Order of importance for me is (1) backup (2) redundancy (3) performance. My data comprise of family pictures and videos, personal and home-office files. These equate to roughly 4TB of important data.
I am hoping to have a simple and reliable setup. Any pointers or guidance will be appreciated.
Thank you.