[NFBCS] it's a raid followup

[Bryan Schulz]

Hi,

I'm not familiar with cloud services.
Yes, I'll experiment with saving tv shows to play when there is nothing on worth watching.
The benefit is I have the drives and can have some spares downstairs in a safe and it won't take very long to equalize the drives after rotating maybe every six months.

A plus I forgot is the wd pr4100 has guide rails and there is no need to mess with special trays or mounting blocks like the patriot Valkyrie box.
You just slide the drives in the right direction and close each door.
Bryan Schulz

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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] it's a raid followup

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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