tl;dr: after some Raid 5 Software recs that can scale later
I'll try keep this short and succinct.
I'm a Hobbyist photographer/videographer running out of space and soon losing access to college onedrive.
- Speed is not of major concern, mainly archiving old footage/projects
- 1 layer of redundancy is enough. If 2 drives die at the same time, I'll cope.
- Currently have about 2TB space locally on desktop, no backups.
- Ideally after an additional 2-3TB now, but scalable down the line
Hardware RAID through NAS/DAS seems like high initial investment for something as basic as an extra 2TB.
Windows Storage spaces seems like it would work but I hear some bad experiences.
Edit: Currently considering 2 sets of 2x 2TB Seagate barracudas, 2 seperate RAID 1 setups through windows storage spaces.
Or if there are other options to consider for my situation, please do let me know.
Thanks in advance.