I'm not a novice to IT. I work professionally on enterprise gear but I'm building a media server to augment my Qnap TVS-871 w/ Raid 6 and I would like some guidance in the home space.
I needed to do this for a few reason.
1. I am running out of space and dodn't want to buy 8 drives to upgrade my Raid 6 array.
2. My i7 QNap array encounter a drive failure with a 4TB WD Red 5400rmp drive and rebuilding took 2 days leaving the system so slow I considered it Out-Of-Service. (I understand the low end drives could of played a role)
3. Pre-built solutions are just to expensive for the expansion capacity I'm looking for. Manufactures use a linear formula of Cost-x-Bays.
4. I like to tinker. I like toys.
I'm sure the type of drives used affected the QNAP rebuild process but I don't want to go through it again. Curiously I had a Synology once in raid 5 with the same drives and it didn't come to complete crawl like the QNAP during a rebuild. Maybe is was the Raid 6 vs 5... Maybe not.
Most of data is media so I was leaning towards UnRaid but they are so many die hard FreeNas/ZFS fans.
Is the general consensus to use UnRaid for Media (a storage target for my plex) and FreeNas for VMWare/High performance workloads? I'm leaning towards UnRaid because I believe a failed drive won't bring the system to a crawl even with WD REDS and I can add capacity one drive at a time.
"Whoever is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone"
I needed to do this for a few reason.
1. I am running out of space and dodn't want to buy 8 drives to upgrade my Raid 6 array.
2. My i7 QNap array encounter a drive failure with a 4TB WD Red 5400rmp drive and rebuilding took 2 days leaving the system so slow I considered it Out-Of-Service. (I understand the low end drives could of played a role)
3. Pre-built solutions are just to expensive for the expansion capacity I'm looking for. Manufactures use a linear formula of Cost-x-Bays.
4. I like to tinker. I like toys.
I'm sure the type of drives used affected the QNAP rebuild process but I don't want to go through it again. Curiously I had a Synology once in raid 5 with the same drives and it didn't come to complete crawl like the QNAP during a rebuild. Maybe is was the Raid 6 vs 5... Maybe not.
Most of data is media so I was leaning towards UnRaid but they are so many die hard FreeNas/ZFS fans.
Is the general consensus to use UnRaid for Media (a storage target for my plex) and FreeNas for VMWare/High performance workloads? I'm leaning towards UnRaid because I believe a failed drive won't bring the system to a crawl even with WD REDS and I can add capacity one drive at a time.
"Whoever is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone"