The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/19wolf on 2024-06-03 21:14:04.
I'm migrating my giant 8-bay CS381 into a 6-bay Ugreen, mostly for physical size reduction (and partly because the 8-bay model was $300 more expensive for some reason?). I bought two of them so I'll have an active+backup and I'm trying to decide how to set everything up.
- I absolutely do not want to use UGreen's OS. Right now I'm using UnRAID, but previously used Debian/MergerFS. I'm thinking maybe I'll try out TrueNAS? Or else stick with Unraid.
- I have 4x16tb drives (plus some 12/14tb), and am torn between buying 8 more to fill out the 6x2=12 bays, or going all in and getting 12x20tb drives.
- I'm not sure how I want to lay everything out. Currently I'm using 68 of 80TB, and I think it grows slowly enough to still last me a bit. I'll have the backup system and don't really mind downtime so I'm wondering if RAIDz/1 parity is enough for my purposes? Or does it really make the difference to do RAIDz2 with 20tb drives? Or maybe I should just skip RAID/parity altogether?
What would you do?