Currently, have a Lime unRAID server with five drives, totaling about 10 Tb for movies and TV shows. I'm running Plex in a container on this server. It isn't the fastest, but it works fine for watching movies at home. This is not backed up, since it is a RAID, but I've have to replace drives at a rate of about once per year.
I also have a ORICO 9548U3 enclosure attached to my desktop computer via USB3. It has 4 hard drives totaling about 8Tb for home movies, pictures, and music. I rely on the speed of this direct connection for looking at photos and playing music. This is backed up to Crashplan (cloud-based backup). The ORICO 9548U3 is now failing with a lot of random dismounts.
I'd like to get something new, and I'm trying to decide:
1. New enclosure for the four drives
2. NAS for the four drives
3. NAS to replace everything
4. Something else
I would appreciate feedback on experiences or a migration path that makes sense.
I'm looking at the Synology NAS devices, and they look really robust and feature-rich. In fact, the array of choices is almost overwhelming.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
I also have a ORICO 9548U3 enclosure attached to my desktop computer via USB3. It has 4 hard drives totaling about 8Tb for home movies, pictures, and music. I rely on the speed of this direct connection for looking at photos and playing music. This is backed up to Crashplan (cloud-based backup). The ORICO 9548U3 is now failing with a lot of random dismounts.
I'd like to get something new, and I'm trying to decide:
1. New enclosure for the four drives
2. NAS for the four drives
3. NAS to replace everything
4. Something else
I would appreciate feedback on experiences or a migration path that makes sense.
I'm looking at the Synology NAS devices, and they look really robust and feature-rich. In fact, the array of choices is almost overwhelming.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
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