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considering NAS to replace external USB3 drives
Ronski:
Just been reading some reviews on Amazon, apparently the fan is pretty noisey, but can be easily replaced but obviously could well affect warranty.
For redundancy you could use Drivepool, it's what I use on my server.
https://stablebit.com/DrivePool
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/RaidSonic-ICY-BOX-IB-3640SU3-drive/product-reviews/B009DH5Q2S&ved=2ahUKEwixw_Wm2N_bAhXqLsAKHXepAeIQFjACegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw38zXi7QN7rUD_uD165LC9A
parkdale:
There are raid versions, but the price is climbing up to the point where I would be looking for 100/1000 ethernet connection as well.
This below is the Raid version of same....
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4-bay-icy-box-ib-rd3640su3-external-raid-system-for-35-sata-hdd-with-usb-30-plus-esata-host
The primary reason the first unit was used in my friends setup was because we lost a disk containing all the Raw and edited GoPro video ouch :'(
I managed to restore (From the damaged disk) 90% of his work, but the lesson was learnt..... :(
We used WD red drives as there optimized for raid setups, and run cooler.
And because this unit uses a standard Linux file system you can mount them in a Linux environment to recover any data..
He also uses a Drobo 5 disk raid for all his edited footage https://www.scan.co.uk/products/5-bay-drobo-drds5a31-5n2-desktop-nas-enclosure-2x-gigabit-ports
Ronski:
I used to use raid in my server, but Stablebit Drive Pool is so much easier, and you can still read the files on a single disc as it uses NTFS if need be, also any size disks can be used.
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