I'm in the process of centralization my storage place at home. My network is growing, so I feel a central location for all storage needs is a necessity, so that any user can access info whichever PC or machine he uses, and so that all users know where to always save files and data.
I need to have some redundancy, so my NAS will need to have a RAID capability.
It is ironic because I just lost a 3TB data drive because of a blackout that occurred during a stormy rainy week. This drive or the storm couldn't wait till I finish my NAS solution. What saved me is that I always keep my super important data folder synced with another folder in another data drive using the very nice program allwaysync. But, I still lost data that has been gathered and made since 2012. The data can be reconstructed though because most of it is video files(Anime and movies). I'm sending the drive to a data recovery company and will see if they can recover me any data(The drive spins but it doesn't appear in windows or disk management).
I calculated and summed up all data I have in all machines, and I can say that it is not going to be much more than 3.5TB. Putting possible growth into consideration, a 6TB will be reasonable for me.
Also, here is a question: is having a dedicated NAS and hooking it to the main router a necessity really? Because one could make a RAID array in one of his machines and share it among all machines and treat it as the only storage users can save to....right???
You know what? I just thought of this question as i'm writing this and now I think It is just not necessary. Just buy two 4TB drives and put them in RAID1 in your main machine and call it a day
Anyways, what NAS would you guys recommend me? Are there ones which you can add drives to later to increase storage?
I need to have some redundancy, so my NAS will need to have a RAID capability.
It is ironic because I just lost a 3TB data drive because of a blackout that occurred during a stormy rainy week. This drive or the storm couldn't wait till I finish my NAS solution. What saved me is that I always keep my super important data folder synced with another folder in another data drive using the very nice program allwaysync. But, I still lost data that has been gathered and made since 2012. The data can be reconstructed though because most of it is video files(Anime and movies). I'm sending the drive to a data recovery company and will see if they can recover me any data(The drive spins but it doesn't appear in windows or disk management).
I calculated and summed up all data I have in all machines, and I can say that it is not going to be much more than 3.5TB. Putting possible growth into consideration, a 6TB will be reasonable for me.
Also, here is a question: is having a dedicated NAS and hooking it to the main router a necessity really? Because one could make a RAID array in one of his machines and share it among all machines and treat it as the only storage users can save to....right???
You know what? I just thought of this question as i'm writing this and now I think It is just not necessary. Just buy two 4TB drives and put them in RAID1 in your main machine and call it a day
Anyways, what NAS would you guys recommend me? Are there ones which you can add drives to later to increase storage?