I'm warming to the idea of building a home server to centralise data and for backing up critical data across multiple computers.
Essentially I have a 2 local computers and a remote computer (my mums) which I want to be backed up daily. And then I have storage needs in the realm of 8-10TB, of which certain folders need to be accessed remotely too.
My current thoughts are:
2TB Raid 1 with backup - 3x 2TB drives WD Red - for critical data backup
>8TB Raid 5 - 5x 2TB drives WD Red - for centralised storage of movies, ISO's, camera footage etc.
I am toying with the idea of 3TB or 4TB drives for the raid 5 but would like opinions on reliability when rebuilding such an array. (4x3TB is working out cheapest of all drives when building a ~8-9TB array)
I will not be working from the raid. For example, when editing a video, I plan on copying the files to a local drive and working from there.
I wouldn't say I was a novice when it comes to pcs/building pcs.. but I have never had any experience with servers. I am continuing to read but I am getting overloaded with info on software raids, hardware raids, files systems, OS, vm's..
Just looking for some thoughts on this solution and an idea of the hardware I'm gonna need. Is there another solution out there I haven't thought of? Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers
Essentially I have a 2 local computers and a remote computer (my mums) which I want to be backed up daily. And then I have storage needs in the realm of 8-10TB, of which certain folders need to be accessed remotely too.
My current thoughts are:
2TB Raid 1 with backup - 3x 2TB drives WD Red - for critical data backup
>8TB Raid 5 - 5x 2TB drives WD Red - for centralised storage of movies, ISO's, camera footage etc.
I am toying with the idea of 3TB or 4TB drives for the raid 5 but would like opinions on reliability when rebuilding such an array. (4x3TB is working out cheapest of all drives when building a ~8-9TB array)
I will not be working from the raid. For example, when editing a video, I plan on copying the files to a local drive and working from there.
I wouldn't say I was a novice when it comes to pcs/building pcs.. but I have never had any experience with servers. I am continuing to read but I am getting overloaded with info on software raids, hardware raids, files systems, OS, vm's..
Just looking for some thoughts on this solution and an idea of the hardware I'm gonna need. Is there another solution out there I haven't thought of? Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers