NAS purchase and help

[Capitano]

Stick the 14tb's in a dual enclosure then, backup to that and send it off. I've done exactly this with a Lacie 2 Big and a pair of 14tbs.

G-Tech G-Raid would also work, or perhaps an ORICO 2 Bay (though I've never tried one of those).

Ah I didnt think of this! A dual enclosure offsite and then my main one here on site will work well.

Now just to spec my actual NAS, I feel like 4 bay is probably enough but given the sheer amount of data I think 6 will feel a bit more comfy. RAID 10 with 6 drives I think will work best unless im mistaken? Also if a single drive were to fail, I assume its a case of just getting it swapped out to another drive and it will automatically rebuild? What happens if i swap the dead drive with one of lesser or higher capacity? Higher im guessing would just lead to wasted space, but lower im not so sure about?

 

[AyeAyeAhoy!]

Ah I didnt think of this! A dual enclosure offsite and then my main one here on site will work well.

Now just to spec my actual NAS, I feel like 4 bay is probably enough but given the sheer amount of data I think 6 will feel a bit more comfy. RAID 10 with 6 drives I think will work best unless im mistaken? Also if a single drive were to fail, I assume its a case of just getting it swapped out to another drive and it will automatically rebuild? What happens if i swap the dead drive with one of lesser or higher capacity? Higher im guessing would just lead to wasted space, but lower im not so sure about?

Yes, you swap out the dead drive and it'll rebuild the array.

Yes, you lose the extra space if you replace it with a bigger drive (unless in something like UnRAID) and no, you can't replace it with a smaller one.

 

[Capitano]

Yes, you swap out the dead drive and it'll rebuild the array.

Yes, you lose the extra space if you replace it with a bigger drive (unless in something like UnRAID) and no, you can't replace it with a smaller one.

Thank you this has been helpful, going to do some more research in the coming days and weeks and see if there's a good deal I can grab