I currently have a plex media server running of my main rig using USB attached Drives. This is not the safest solution and when one of these fail I will lose all the data. I can stream 1080p to my rokus, android, iOS no problem. My motherboard does support raid5 however I heard that is not the best solution if/when a drive fails for recovery. So I plan on buying:
4 x 3TB WD Red
WD Red 3TB Newegg
Controler card
HIGHPoint Control card
These will be installed inside my current rig and my assumption is the card will still use my PC to do the raid 5 math but will not effect any transcoding my machine has to do for media streaming.
Will these items do what I want? Am i over paying? Am I completely doing this wrong? THANKS for any help and/or advice.
i5 2500k CPU
Edit: I do have an ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 would I just be better off using the on board raid 5? I do not find it financially prudent to spend $450 on a decent raid card.
4 x 3TB WD Red
WD Red 3TB Newegg
Controler card
HIGHPoint Control card
These will be installed inside my current rig and my assumption is the card will still use my PC to do the raid 5 math but will not effect any transcoding my machine has to do for media streaming.
Will these items do what I want? Am i over paying? Am I completely doing this wrong? THANKS for any help and/or advice.
i5 2500k CPU
Edit: I do have an ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 would I just be better off using the on board raid 5? I do not find it financially prudent to spend $450 on a decent raid card.
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