hello everyone,
I have a all purpose HTPC/Server that I have been running for over a year. I have 1 ssd for OS and 2 3tb HD's for storage. I have been running a mirror array but I feel that this is not power efficient. I noticed both hard drives spinning 24/7 and I think its because of the raid. I think spinning one hard drive once a week and the other only when accessing data would be more efficient. the data is mainly movies. nothing mission critical. I noticed while recording TV shows, the hard drives get pretty loud and I think having one write instead of two would reduce the noise.
my questions are, what is the best solution for my setup (raid or a backup solution)? what backup software should I use? would this reduce noise/power significantly?
I have a all purpose HTPC/Server that I have been running for over a year. I have 1 ssd for OS and 2 3tb HD's for storage. I have been running a mirror array but I feel that this is not power efficient. I noticed both hard drives spinning 24/7 and I think its because of the raid. I think spinning one hard drive once a week and the other only when accessing data would be more efficient. the data is mainly movies. nothing mission critical. I noticed while recording TV shows, the hard drives get pretty loud and I think having one write instead of two would reduce the noise.
my questions are, what is the best solution for my setup (raid or a backup solution)? what backup software should I use? would this reduce noise/power significantly?