Currently I have a very bad setup of 3 external USB drives (1x2tb 2x1tb) connected to a file server. I have to split my data between the two 1tb drives and back them both up onto the 2tb drive. This has worked reasonably well up until now but I have realized that this system will soon become unsustainable. Because of this I am looking at some kind of RAID or similar solution.
I am interested in creating two data pools, one to store stuff on and one for backup. Because I will be backing up the data I am not too concerned with parity. I would like to be able to easily extend the capacity of both pools both by adding disks and replacing smaller disks with larger ones. Ideally I would like a NAS that can store up to 16TB in total (8TB data). The Drobo sounds almost exactly like what I want in terms of it's expandability but it is quite pricey and given it's proprietary nature, a bit of a pain to deal with if the device breaks later down the line.
I was really hoping you guys would have some suggestions. Anything that will mount on a 19" rack is ideal. If there is a software based solution I am happy to get something like this to run it on.
I am interested in creating two data pools, one to store stuff on and one for backup. Because I will be backing up the data I am not too concerned with parity. I would like to be able to easily extend the capacity of both pools both by adding disks and replacing smaller disks with larger ones. Ideally I would like a NAS that can store up to 16TB in total (8TB data). The Drobo sounds almost exactly like what I want in terms of it's expandability but it is quite pricey and given it's proprietary nature, a bit of a pain to deal with if the device breaks later down the line.
I was really hoping you guys would have some suggestions. Anything that will mount on a 19" rack is ideal. If there is a software based solution I am happy to get something like this to run it on.