I am a baby hoarder who is hitting the limits of my external 16TB and 8TB drives that hold content for my Plex server. I run it on an old iMac that is almost only used for this purpose. I know that my next move is to move to an expandable system and not just tack on a third external drive. I would like to do this as economically as possible.
Here are my thoughts that I'm hoping someone can confirm or tell me why I'm wrong before I purchase anything. I am tech-savvy enough to have set up my Plex and *arr setup, but am not experienced with JBOD or RAID setups.
I am thinking of buying a 4-bay enclosure like the TerraMaster D4-300. I would purchase a new 16TB drive and add it to the enclosure. Then I would copy my 16TB drive contents to the new drive, shuck the 16TB drive, add it to the DAS, copy the 8TB drive contents to it, and finally shuck the 8TB drive and add it to the enclosure, all in JBOD (losing a drive isn't an issue, all the data is replaceable). This would add 16TB of storage to my setup and only need to purchase a single drive and enclosure. It would also give me some expandability in the future and clean things up to a single connection/device.
Thanks in advance for clarification, advice, and patience!