Trying to figure out a new storage solution and not quite sure what direction to go in. My current setup has been very simple. I have a a dedicated media server PC running windows 10 and plex server. I use the same machine for ripping and any manipulation of video files that may be needed. I hav…

Thanks again. I think I do prefer the simplest approach which would be DAS, no RAID. Less to configure. Less to go wrong. Drivepool does sound like a good app with many happy users. I’m likely going to purchase one of the mediasonic 4 bay non-raid enclosures. $100 on Amazon. For now will use the 4 2…

I have not used the Seagate USB drives you have but did convert about a dozen WD USB3 drives to internal drives to put them into the server and an 8 bay DAS box. I’m now back with 4 or 5 USB3 attached drives again as needed additional storage. With the WD drives you can’t just pull the drives and …

@cayars said: I have not used the Seagate USB drives you have but did convert about a dozen WD USB3 drives to internal drives to put them into the server and an 8 bay DAS box. I’m now back with 4 or 5 USB3 attached drives again as needed additional storage. With the WD drives you can’t just pull…

I have been using Linux’s software raid mdadm for years without any issues. Currently using a RAID-5 on 4 3TB disks. I’ve had disks die and replaced without issues. mdadm is great! Biggest thing to remember is RAID is not a backup. Therefore I use a cronjob to backup my RAID-5 to another internal 8T…

@cardsdoc said: @cayars said: I have not used the Seagate USB drives you have but did convert about a dozen WD USB3 drives to internal drives to put them into the server and an 8 bay DAS box. I’m now back with 4 or 5 USB3 attached drives again as needed additional storage. With the WD drives y…

I use Unraid on a dedicated machine for my server. It’s great if you’re a hobbyist and not an expert because the WebUI, docker integration and file system makes it really easy to do just about anything you’d want your Plex server to do without typing a single line of code.

@cayars said: @cardsdoc said: @cayars said: I have not used the Seagate USB drives you have but did convert about a dozen WD USB3 drives to internal drives to put them into the server and an 8 bay DAS box. I’m now back with 4 or 5 USB3 attached drives again as needed additional storage. With…

I lost a R6 array the other day. One drive popped, two more popped during the rebuild. This was mid-range enterprise class hardware too. FWIW my personal implementation of my PMS storage has been RAIDZ2, then RAIDZ1 (and two servers with an identical copy each) but now BTRFS in RAID10.

Some great solutions offered in this thread. I started evaluating my options too, as my storage needs continue to grow rapidly with 4k. I’m up to about 14 TB on an internal PC drive enclosure with 4, 10 TB hard drives (Seagate Barracude Pro) in a Windows storage space with parity. I prefer keeping e…

If your Internet connection is half ways decent then forget about sinking money into hardware that will fail & become redundant & never keep pace with your needs. G Suite for Business costs $10/€8/£6.60/month & gives you unlimited storage on Google Drive. Mount the Google Drive on your local machine…

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Hey man, just posted some related questions here. Would you mind taking a look and providing feedback? Much appreciated!!! 4-Drive Setup Questions

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