I am currently running an older mac mini as a computer on my network hosting PLEX, I will be adding other functions sooner than later.
I have three external drives totaling 15Tb connected storing my media. I am nearing completion of my rips and decided I don't want to ever do this again. So I am looking at adding a DAS when I am done, specifically the Terramaster D3-400. I want to put minimum 4 10Tb drives in it, but if I can afford more I will do the higher capacity.
One of the videos on the Terramaster suggested adding one SSD to the array for higher access speeds. My mini runs dual internal SSDs, about 1.5Tb configured in a fusion setup, is the SSD in the DAS needed?
I'm looking at the recertified drives on serverpartdeals from WD at 7200 speed.
Are there better options?
For clarity, I don't want to spend the extra money on a NAS and don't want to set it up or manage it. I am going to put my externals offsite and maybe subscribe to Backblaze too. That's for future me to figure out.
Thanks for the help.