The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Mailok on 2024-08-25 16:45:40.
Hi! I am building my personal NAS and I'd like some ideas (or confirm mine) on how to setup my backups. I have 2 WD RED 6GB and 2 1GB old samsung enterprice HD and one 12TB. Actually I am using the 12TB on my PC to store all my data and I'd like to use the two WD RED in Raid 1 in the new NAS to store the most important data and maybe use the two 1TB Samsung for another pool in Raid 1 for some extra space (just to use them). I am thinking also to buy another 12TB to put in the NAS without a pool just to have a snapshot of the 12 TB in my PC. In the end, the 12TB will have all my data all togheter in different places (PC-NAS), the most important data in a RAID 1 on the NAS, what do you think?
I am going with this because the other day my old NAS (a simple synology 2 bays) died and I had to boot on a linux machine to recover them, not an easy task, so maybe add a big HD for snapshots on different machines could be safer. One problem I should face is synchronize all this stuff, I should need a program or maybe an app on the NAS OS (truenas scale) that do all this stuff at least once per day.
Thank you for your comments!