Currently, I only have 1x OWC Thunderbay 8 with 8x 8TB Segate Ironwolf HDD and each of them are mirrored manually via ChronoSync and have BackBlaze for cloud backup. So basically 4x HDDs are original and 4x HDDs are mirrored. I have datas for photography, fine art, and 3D projects since 2008.
I do aware that I need another enclosure to make a proper backup but the budget is just a problem. Probably need another $2500. But I have several questions before I make a decision and move on. I have 20 TB of datas but they are separated on 4x HDD and I dont run them 24 hours cause it's DAS so whenever I go to sleep or dont use, I turn it off.
- It seems many of you from this subreddit are hostile to RAID itself. I know that RAID is not backup but still, they dont recommend it. Tho OWC does not support RAID unless i pay their stupid software, are there any reasons why it's not recommneded?
- I'm using Mac but any thoughts about macOS's RAID 1 instead of mirroring manually with ChronoSync?
- I'm not using NAS cause I need DAS but can it be used as a backup and then installed it from other location just like a cloud storage? If so, what's the minimum internet speed? (My dad's house is using a slow internet so I gotta check)
- Is there any software to check HDD's health for Mac?
- Any thoughts about getting another Thunderbay 8 to make backups or other suggestions?