The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PuzzleHeadPistion on 2024-06-17 12:59:39.
Hi,
I'm a bit lost on how to keep all my data safe.
Currently I have an old desktop, i5-4690 + ASUS H97 Pro + 16Gb RAM, with 3Tb WD Red + 6Tb IronWolf + 8Tb Barracuda drives and 2.5GbE + 1GbE interfaces. This works as my Plex server and it's where I dump files from the desktop/laptop, it's running on Windows 10 for now, but about to switch to FreeBSD or TrueNAS (or Proxmox?) with ZFS pool.
Now I've added an Asustor AS1102TL Drivestor 2 Lite (2 bays, 1GbE) which is probably being returned for an AS1104T Drivestor 4 (4 bays, 2,5GbE). It is supposed to be a remote NAS using Wireguard, that's why I didn't care for 1GbE, but the initial backup is taking a LONG time. The price difference is only 100€ for more bays and speed (useful for full copies and full restores if needed). Here there's a 6Tb WD "white label" and an 8Tb Barracuda as single volumes (JBOD looks risky and can't use RAID with different drives).
Part of my issue is which file transfer protocol to use. NFS? My desktop and laptop are Windows, not sure NFS works properly. FTP? Or SMB? SMB is giving me speed issues, not going over 150MBps and for some reason when cloning the 6Tb IronWolf to the 6Tb WD "white label" the speed sinks to 10MBps. It's copying RAW photos and videos, like thousands of 50-100Mb files mostly.
Having file access sorted, what's your recommendation for file transfer/backup? Asustor Backup Plan? Paragon Backup and Recovery? Macrium Reflect? Or, since I already own SyncBackPro, just use that? This question is related to both, from my computers to the main NAS and main NAS to the Asustor.
A little guidance will be much appreciated, since I want to go through this once and "forget". My day job is IT PM so I know my way around a computer, but by far not an expert in this area. ty