[NFBCS] it's a raid followup

[Reece O'Bryan]

What is the purpose of this? Backups, space for movies, etc. any benefit over cloud storage?


Thank you,

-Reece 

> On Dec 17, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Aaron Cannon via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Congrats. Sounds like fun. Welcome to the data hording hobby/addiction.
> 
> Aaron
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>> On Dec 16, 2020, at 18:41, Bryan Schulz via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The western digital pr4100 nas box is pricy but nice.
>> 
>> I bit the bullet and went big with wd 8t red 5400 drives and really couldn't
>> pull the trigger on an extra $100 per drive for the 7200 rpm drives.
>> 
>> The web interface to configure raid sucks and I couldn't find checkboxes
>> even with the jaws cursor.
>> 
>> Formatting/configuring raid 5 is fast and I'll have 24t of backup space in
>> one hour.
>> 
>> The fan is moderately loud when the box first boots then settles down.
>> 
>> Bryan Schulz
>> 
>> 
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