So my current NAS is giving me SMART errors after 8 years of service ( SAMSUNG HD103SJ ) and im looking to downsize to a micro ATX setup as part of rebuilding the system. My old setup started as Freenas with ZFS and evolved to OMV with ZFS. its mainly used for movies for the kids, some personal documents and maybe some docker containers for home automation, nzb,torrents, vpn, etc. Im using about 2.5TB but would want around 5TB or more space.
hoping i can get some recommendations/advise on what drives i should get for my new build (mostly Storage based which is why i put in this group):
Number of drives? 3, 5, 7 and if i should have a SSD cache
SAS or SATA (new setup will have space for a PCIE card card if needed)
keep ZFS or RAID?
Am i losing anything other than drive selection by going 2.5?
any good deals out there?
thank you!!
hoping i can get some recommendations/advise on what drives i should get for my new build (mostly Storage based which is why i put in this group):
Number of drives? 3, 5, 7 and if i should have a SSD cache
SAS or SATA (new setup will have space for a PCIE card card if needed)
keep ZFS or RAID?
Am i losing anything other than drive selection by going 2.5?
any good deals out there?
thank you!!