The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EvenRD on 2024-06-14 16:00:01.
Hello, i tried checking in the wiki or in FAQs but i couldn't find anything of use. I am considering starting hoarding files on physical drives since my online cloud is full and i don't want to pay a monthly fee. A couple questions:
- Should i? I need space to save personal files, photos and videos. Right now i think i could have all my storage done with 1TB, but for the sake of futereproofing and redundancy i think i should aim for 4TB. I still don't know if its convenient or should i just suck it up and pay online cloud services
- Do i need a NAS? I do all my work from my main computer so what i am basically thinking is just to add a RAID 5 HDD to my existing setup and call it a day, is there some reason i should NOT do?
- Since HDD tend to get noisy i'd like to shut them off when they are not needed, this way i can save energy as well