Quick advice needed for photog. TO NAS, or ??!?!?

[gemini8026]

Hey guys.

Very quick enquiry.

Ive been playing a game the last two years of manually backing up my pictures. I am a photographer (hobbyist who does it for fun) but I also get some work here and there and have a LOT of LARGE photos. (D810, and I shoot RAW)

Long story short. I have a an SSD, and a 3tb HD. I bought a USB3 2tb drive as a backup. I have now outgrown that.

So I want to buy two 6 TB drives, and either RAID them, or have software that does a weekly manual backup.

I have an HTPC that is plenty powerful that has plenty of room in it. My main computer is in a different area. THE HTPC is a low power, low noise solution and I could leave it on all the time.

However, I am a total networking N00b. Would it be easier to just buy a simple 2 bay NAS unit like a QNAP, or would it be easy to use my HTPC box as a solution?!? Im not sure how to use FREENAS, but I have heard of it.

I dont have crazy needs, Id just like some redundancy for my ever increasing photo pile.

Any advice/suggestions?!?

 

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What happens if a hard drive dies?

 

[diizzy]

Get a HP Microserver, add RAM so you get a total of 8Gb (or more) and install FreeNAS/NAS4Free.
Rip out the ODD and replace it with a SSD instead (for the OS).

http://www.provantage.com/hewlett-packard-hp-c6n31a~7HEWY25F.htm
http://www.provantage.com/kingston-technology-kvr16e11-8i~7KIN921N.htm
Grab 4x or 4TB or 5TB drives (RAID-Z)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/toshiba...ulti/4538016.p?id=1219634320133&skuId=4538016
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149570
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/toshiba...ulti/4538025.p?id=1219634318165&skuId=4538025
http://www.provantage.com/intel-ssdsc2bw120h601~7ITEE03R.htm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167306

Done

//Danne