New NAS, need advice on RAID

[stefanostrika]

Hi,

I'm about to buy a 6(or 8) bays NAS to store all my archived files from older storage(actually collected in obsolete Ethernet NAS and some spare USB2/3 external drives), and also to get a centralized storage for new data to use from different workstations.

I will access data quite often and my files tend to be very large so for me it's important to have good read performance but it's also crucial to have a secure redundant system.

I'll use WD RED(3 or 4TB) drives, and Areca thunderbolt NAS that should provide over 1000MB/s read/write speed in RAID0 or ~800MB/s in RAID5.

I'm also considering RAID6 to get better redundancy, 10 is out of my budget.

In over 20 years I've never had any trouble with HDD/SSD(internal or external), and I'm wondering if a RAID setup is more prone to failure than a standard disk. What is your experience and what is your preferred RAID setup? How often an HDD tends to fail inside a RAID?

Thanks in advance:)

[kevinolsen]

Hello Stefano,

 

Have you purchased this yet? Maybe you should check out the synology and there SHR (synology hybrid raid). It seems like a good fit for many and might be a good option for you.

[Amen]

Qnap Turbo Station TVS-871T-i7-16G

 

How about that one?

[kevinolsen]

Qnap is good but I don't have any experience with it. Check out the Small Network Builder forum, great advice over there

 

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