The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/roarklebork on 2025-02-24 17:53:47.
Looking for any suggestions/improvements to my high level plan for storing and backing up my files I looked into many options and decided on staying away from a NAS since I may go days/weeks without needing to access my photos so I don't want it running all the time. I also don't want to upgrade all my networking gear.
I am most likely going to be purchasing the TERRAMASTER D8 Hybrid and using it as a JBOD since I really like the option of having NVME drives for the performance.
My primary use-case for whatever storage solution I end up going with is photo editing/storage but I also want to store my manual backups/ other files on it as well. I currently have a bunch of 4tb HDDs that I offload the projects that I access less frequently but I know have more than 5tb of photos and am finding myself shuffling them around and working across different drives which is not ideal as there is no redundancy and its a mess.
Ideally I want to have maybe the current year worth of photos on my Mac or on the hot storage volume for the best performance and all past years on the 14tb drive along with all my other files.
The second 14tb drive will be used alongside something like CCC ( carbon copy cloner) to backup the other 14tb drive as well as the Hot storage nvme drive as well.
The only files that I have that I could not live without are my photos (~5tb) and for the offsite backup I will be using amazon photos since it is free.
Its not a full 3 - 2 - 1 solution and perhaps I will work towards that in the future but its a step in the right direction.