The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/taddy-vinda on 2024-08-23 05:42:31.
So I have a 4x 8tb in raid 10 that is my main back up and storage. And I have a movies library (4K hdr-10 7.2 audio) each about 80gb each. Problem I am having is my media center pc when playing from the array just buffer like every 10s (only have 1gpbs network)
So I have about 6 2tb wd black drives from an old setup raid 0 array with all 6 giving me about 10.7tb of very fast access to movies in the media center (raid 10 array is only used as crash recovery) Honestly that raid setup been running for ever without any issues at all for being a raid 0. Feel like a wasted space on the main backup.
My question is is there any possible way that I can add 4 more 2tb drives to the rain 0 without having to re copy from the backup. (Will take for freaking ever)
Second question is it possible to add bigger capacity drives instead of 2tb like 4 or 8 tb without loosing space from the drives to the raid 0 array. Like splitting drives to multiple 2 tb drives and adding em to the array etc.
(These are movies. I can recover if I loose it all SLOWLY over time) aka non critical data all I need is speed.
Update
I added the new drives made em a spanned drive in windows disk manager. (Yuk I know it’s cringe) Copied the old files on to the new volume. Deleted the raid 0. Diskpart clean the old drives. Added them to the span. Now I have one hell of a massive movies library.
Before you all get mad. Yes I know I loose one all gone. (Bruh they are movies and are backed up on the main backup) Yes I know I don’t even get the speed advantage of a raid 0 whilst being volatile.
Although I want to say it’s a temporary setup knowing me I won’t change until it fails. That’s what I said last time when I set up the raid 0. It worked so well so far for years.
When this fails or the back up fails I’ll get a new nas and upgrade the network properly.
I just didn’t want to copy files for days or spend any money.
Old raid 0 preservation method are still used like The movies are downloaded first to a small 240gb ssd with dram cache from torrents and other. So it doesn’t constantly writing to the array. Most time drives are only accessed 3 max or less times a day for watching a movie, Back up and coping a completed download to the array from the small ssd. Rest of the time inactive and parked.