10-13-2022, 03:46 PM
Hi Peter - that certainly sounds like quite a sensible setup & going from your existing 4 drives to an 8 bay NAS gives you the option to expand as well.
Don't forget the NAS needs storage for it's OS / Apps as well, so you have three choices -
1. Add a couple of 500GB SSDs in bays 1&2
2. Utilise those M2 slots, or
3. Use a PCIe port with dual NVMe SSDs (and extra cooling)
Each option allows a Raid1 configuration in a Storage Pool just for the OS and apps
Adding some SSD's for caching might also save those discs spinning quite so vigorously.
You could even extend your current two Raid1s to 2 Raid5s - making each drive have to work a little less and giving you a bit more capacity. If you went for choices 2 or 3 above - all 8 bays would be empty so you could have 2 Raid5 with a Hot Spare each.
Unlike some NAS with 4 RAM slots, the TS-x73a range only has 2, so you might consider a 'one time' upgrade to 2x16GB Kingston or Crucial. It'' save you having to consider upgrading again in a couple of years.
With energy prices rising globally at the rate they are - those Grid-Tied Solar systems are getting more and more affordable compared to paying utility unit prices
Hope this was helpful, but Robbie's done quite a review of this one if you need a little more info:
https://nascompares.com/2021/03/09/qnap-...as-review/
Don't forget the NAS needs storage for it's OS / Apps as well, so you have three choices -
1. Add a couple of 500GB SSDs in bays 1&2
2. Utilise those M2 slots, or
3. Use a PCIe port with dual NVMe SSDs (and extra cooling)
Each option allows a Raid1 configuration in a Storage Pool just for the OS and apps
Adding some SSD's for caching might also save those discs spinning quite so vigorously.
You could even extend your current two Raid1s to 2 Raid5s - making each drive have to work a little less and giving you a bit more capacity. If you went for choices 2 or 3 above - all 8 bays would be empty so you could have 2 Raid5 with a Hot Spare each.
Unlike some NAS with 4 RAM slots, the TS-x73a range only has 2, so you might consider a 'one time' upgrade to 2x16GB Kingston or Crucial. It'' save you having to consider upgrading again in a couple of years.
With energy prices rising globally at the rate they are - those Grid-Tied Solar systems are getting more and more affordable compared to paying utility unit prices
Hope this was helpful, but Robbie's done quite a review of this one if you need a little more info:
https://nascompares.com/2021/03/09/qnap-...as-review/
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-- Raid is not a backup, but it is a step in the right direction --
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