The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Spikas on 2025-05-29 16:56:32.
I've been meaning to start my own home backup as I've gone on longer in life, graduation, wedding, holiday pics and vids, films, old research documents and everything else.
I looked into a Raid set up but the base bay itself was far more expensive than I had expected so the idea was put on hold.
Jump back to last week and I find a owc thunderbay 8 in a shop asking for the equivalent of 50USD, asked for 45 and he said yes.
I haven't had the time to plug it in and check it, or get the software but if all's OK then I'm curious where to start as a small time data hoarder...
I was thinking of starting with two 1TB drives and then adding to it (since you need pairs for a Raid, right?), but my friend said I may as well start either one 4TB drive then adding when I can. I honestly think that I could start with 2TB drive and just add on over time until I fill all eight bays.
The question is though, can one add to a Raid 5 set up with the OWC software? Do I even need to use just their software?
Thanks for the help!