I have two 3TB hard drives in RAID 1 in an external setup. They act as storage for a media server.
I'd like to get 4-6 more ~3TB HDDs to increase my storage while also making sure that I don't lose anything if a drive fails. I'm fine with a one-drive-failure redundancy but when I've looked into this before, it's been suggested that I shouldn't try RAID 5.
The question is, what process do I use to setup 4-6 more drives, transfer my data to that setup, then integrate my old drives into the new setup?
I basically want to continue to use my old drives in a RAID setup with the new drives while not losing my data and creating a RAID system where at least one drive can fail without any immediate loss of data.
Can you find the unicorn for me?
I'd like to get 4-6 more ~3TB HDDs to increase my storage while also making sure that I don't lose anything if a drive fails. I'm fine with a one-drive-failure redundancy but when I've looked into this before, it's been suggested that I shouldn't try RAID 5.
The question is, what process do I use to setup 4-6 more drives, transfer my data to that setup, then integrate my old drives into the new setup?
I basically want to continue to use my old drives in a RAID setup with the new drives while not losing my data and creating a RAID system where at least one drive can fail without any immediate loss of data.
Can you find the unicorn for me?