themoid
Prominent Member
Hi all
I'm looking for some advice around my existing NAS and what to do.
Current setup: 8 yr old HP NAS running FreeNAS, 3 HDDs at 2TiB each. Currently 84% disk storage used. Apologies but it's been so long since i set this up i can't remember if it is RAID x,y,z., but the disks split the storage across them, so if one disk dies I don't lose my stuff.
Use - storage of music, films and TV. Max use by two users at a time through streaming to (eg) Kodi on Xbox, Pi music streamer, Plex on a Smart TV. Only local access for streaming at the moment but possibly remote in the future.
I'm moving more and more to digital media, especially flac files for music, but also potentially 4k films, so need more storage.
So my needs are that I'm running out of space, and the HDDs are getting older. There is not a backup from the NAS in place.
What I'm looking for is advice on the best way forward:
Any thoughts appreciated,
Thanks
Stu
I'm looking for some advice around my existing NAS and what to do.
Current setup: 8 yr old HP NAS running FreeNAS, 3 HDDs at 2TiB each. Currently 84% disk storage used. Apologies but it's been so long since i set this up i can't remember if it is RAID x,y,z., but the disks split the storage across them, so if one disk dies I don't lose my stuff.
Use - storage of music, films and TV. Max use by two users at a time through streaming to (eg) Kodi on Xbox, Pi music streamer, Plex on a Smart TV. Only local access for streaming at the moment but possibly remote in the future.
I'm moving more and more to digital media, especially flac files for music, but also potentially 4k films, so need more storage.
So my needs are that I'm running out of space, and the HDDs are getting older. There is not a backup from the NAS in place.
What I'm looking for is advice on the best way forward:
- do I upgrade HDDs in the existing NAS unit ?
- do i get a new NAS (which ones to look at), and will getting a modern NAS improve performance ?
- Is it worth moving to an OS other than FreeNAS ?
Any thoughts appreciated,
Thanks
Stu