Hello fellow hoarders. I'm just beginning my journey and building a collection of movies and music through cd and Blu-ray purchases. I'm using a mini-pc, N100 as the "brains", which hosts my small collection (<5 TB) via a USB attached drive 24/7 through Jellyfin. I'm very happy with what I have so far, but I also want to plan for future expansion and have a disaster recovery plan. I'm looking for feedback on data storage options, specifically, NAS vs. DAS (but open to other solutions).
Current setup:
- Private network only, using Jellyfin.
- User access is 1-3 users: family members under my roof. I'm not looking to share my media with anyone else.
- I'm the only user requiring access to the file storage via methods other than Jellyfin. For example, I'm using SMB to gain access to media shares from my devices; TeamViewer when I need to perform admin tasks. I'm happy with this setup so far.
- Cloud backup of USB drive
Future possibilities:
- I may want to connect to Jellyfin from outside my network at some point.
- Space expansion obviously. Right now, I own a very small collection, which will likely remain under 5 TB for the next year or so. My thought is something that can do 8-12 TB and maybe more down the road.
- I may want to move away from cloud storage altogether and own the entire process soup to nuts.
- I would like to have a RAID setup. Never had one, and I'm doing research - so not looking for any specific feedback here, only that the storage option keeps that in mind.
Looking forward to your feedback. Thank you.