The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ALT703 on 2024-09-19 19:49:29.
I have too much data and not enough safely backed up. It's all kinda spread across different devices and I want to consolidate it all in a safe place. I recently got two identical 2TB hard drives, figured it's a great opportunity to make my own DAS.
I don't have the money to buy enough drives for a proper RAID 5 or something, so I'm just going with Raid 1. I know it cuts my storage in half but 2TB is fine for now and I REALLY just don't want to lose data if one of the drives fails
My main question is what's the best way to set it up? I'm thinking raspberry pi 4 with USB to Sata adapters, and I've heard I can set the Pi to act as a mass storage device?
This seems like the simplest option, any advice or tips that may be better? I don't care much about having it be attached to my network, offline is fine. I don't really want to deal with security or anything.
Never build a storage device so really just looking for any tips anyone might have. Also, I have a 3rd 2TB drive but it's older and used and different brand. Should I use all 3 or just use the 2 identical new ones for my setup?
But yeah I'm thinking raspberry pi, USB to sata adapters, and then also thinking of implementing indicator lights for the drives and maybe an alert system if a drive goes down. Thoughts?