The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/metalofdeaf on 2024-08-07 18:15:25.
Hey all, I am trying to figure out how to reconstruct my local storage setup and could use some help.
For context, I use a MacBook Pro laptop that backs up to a 2 TB Time Capsule, iCloud, and Backblaze.
I have a 5-bay enclosure (DAS/Thunderbolt) that houses my docs, media, and work files and a 4-bay Synology NAS. The enclosure backs up all drives to Backblaze. The media files back up to the NAS for Plex/Roon, and the docs and work files are on a drive that I mirror using CarbonCopyCloner.
While I am not a huge fan of mounting 5 drives every time I dock my laptop, it has worked out ok. Recently, I swapped some larger drives into the NAS as I was running low on space, and I am now swapping those into the DAS to expand the local capacity. However, I now have some additional disks. In addition to this, the complexity of mapping multiple folders from the DAS to the NAS via CCC is slowly becoming a hellscape. So I went ahead and purchased a new 5-bay enclosure and am trying to sort out if I should do some sort of software RAID setup that would provide some redundancy or just suffer mounting 10 disks every time I dock. I don't want to do RAID 0 or create a disk set because I don't want to have to rebuild everything if one drive fails. I would also like to make the drive mounting and the NAS mapping as simple as possible, which feels like it can only be done if I have some local RAID 5 option.
So my question would be largely, Does this sound sort of bonkers? Can I still use my laptop as a laptop and have the software RAID do its business only when I dock?
Edit: I use the DAS because it also backs up to the cloud via the Backblaze personal backup plan.
Here is what I was thinking in terms of options.
Option 1
Option 2
