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by discardedrefuse
1592 days ago
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> You probably want at least some redundancy otherwise you're at risk of losing data as soon as a single one of your hard drive fails. If by "fails" you mean the network connection drops out. Then yes, that would be a huge problem. I was hoping some project had a built-in solution to this. Currently, I'm using MergerFS to effectively create 1 disk out of 3 external USB drives and it handles accidental drive disconnects with no problems (I can't gush enough over how great mergerfs is). But, if by "fails" you mean actual hardware failure. Then, I don't really care. I keep 1 to 1 backups. A few days of downtime to restore the data isn't a big deal; this is just my home network. > Or if you have the possibility of putting all your drives in a single box... Unfortunately, I've maxed out the drive bays on my TS140 server. Buying new, larger drives to replace existing drives seems wasteful. Also, I've just been gifted another TS140, which is a good platform to start building another file server. You've given me something to think about, thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to respond! |
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