@Elijah_Baley said:
To further follow up on this we are leaning toward:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SWEM4DW/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
It is quite a bit overkill but it would STRONGLY future proof the setup.
Not a bad choice at all when you are looking for 12x3.5" bays in a pedestal form factor with the ability to expand via Infiniband to another 12-bay expansion unit.
Now for an even harder choice: Which drives to put in it to have at least 30tb of safe storage (as safe as a raid can be) available.4 of these: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-IronWolf-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST10000VN0004/dp/B01IA9GU0Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500255306&sr=1-1&keywords=10tb+hard+drive
I would use these for future scalability.
I believe I read, and understood (mostly), that the server can be configured to even handle different size drives without wasting space by using “SHR” Raid as long as there are at least two of the largest drives.
Using LVM they are able to maximize usable space in a RAID5 that has different size drives. I am not a big fan of this feature set–though I am not to saying its bad.
There is also a “better” technology available called “SHR-2” that uses two disk as protection that I “think” might be useable.
Its the same principles as SHR but the equivalent of RAID6
Now for questions:
What do folks think of this setup?
I think it is simple and will provide growth and flexibility.
Does anyone have any alternatives and/or different drives or setups that they would recommend?
While suggesting alternatives be aware that this NAS is quite able to run Plex itself but that is NOT a priority as there will be a Shield Pro in the mix that can act as a server using the NAS as simple storage.
If price is not a huge concern, I prefer the WD Red Pro 10TB. WD Red Pros are rebadged HGST Deskstar NAS drives.
