I use StableBit Drivepool to make logical storage pools out of groups of smaller HDs. I use 3 and 4 TB drives, since they are cheap, and pool 4 or more of them together to make one pool. For redundancy, I have 4 machines with pools set up with pools big enough to store my entire 10tb media library. To keep them all synced, I use SyncbackSE.
This is the system I settled on years ago, and it works for me. I understand that not everyone has spare machines they can throw half a dozen hard drives into, but I do, so that is what I do.
cheap? lmao, 4tb is ~80 rn, 8 is 150 so its not cheaper. 3tb is probably 60, too. Youre not saving money lmao. ur using more electricity, more machines, and that could be on 2 of these sizes. it prob cost you more than 150/8 for a similar amount of drives.
Cheaper when I bought them, this was 3 or more years ago. I know prices have come down. I have a 12tb drive in an external enclosure for "deep" storage. My NAS has 4 x 6TB in it.
I use StableBit Drivepool to make logical storage pools out of groups of smaller HDs. I use 3 and 4 TB drives, since they are cheap, and pool 4 or more of them together to make one pool. For redundancy, I have 4 machines with pools set up with pools big enough to store my entire 10tb media library. To keep them all synced, I use SyncbackSE.
This is the system I settled on years ago, and it works for me. I understand that not everyone has spare machines they can throw half a dozen hard drives into, but I do, so that is what I do.
cheap? lmao, 4tb is ~80 rn, 8 is 150 so its not cheaper. 3tb is probably 60, too. Youre not saving money lmao. ur using more electricity, more machines, and that could be on 2 of these sizes. it prob cost you more than 150/8 for a similar amount of drives.
Cheaper when I bought them, this was 3 or more years ago. I know prices have come down. I have a 12tb drive in an external enclosure for "deep" storage. My NAS has 4 x 6TB in it.