I've tried to research, but some basic questions seem difficult to answer. Either I'm not asking the search engines properly or they're bad questions to be asking. The plan is to run a PLEX server on it and use it for PLEX plus general backup and storage. RAID5 is my preference due to fault tolerance.
I know I should use NAS specific drives. What drives are currently the best buy? 3 TB seems to be the $/TB champ in most series at the moment, but I seem to remember something about people recommending to stay away from the 3TB discs in general due to failure rates. Is this still true?
With RAID5, would I be safer building it off an add-in card or running it off the MB slots? My concern is not losing the data should a non-HD system failure of some kind occur.
It'll be built either using an old 2600k motherboard or an old QX9650 motherboard depending on availability simply because they're free, but I'll still need an ATX NAS case and power supply in either situation. I'll most likely start this out with 3 HDDs and upgrade as needed. I'd like to be able to fit 5-6 eventually.
I'm still reading up on OS and file system choices (oi, so much reading), but I'd appreciate any thoughts on the above as I inch towards making this a reality.
I know I should use NAS specific drives. What drives are currently the best buy? 3 TB seems to be the $/TB champ in most series at the moment, but I seem to remember something about people recommending to stay away from the 3TB discs in general due to failure rates. Is this still true?
With RAID5, would I be safer building it off an add-in card or running it off the MB slots? My concern is not losing the data should a non-HD system failure of some kind occur.
It'll be built either using an old 2600k motherboard or an old QX9650 motherboard depending on availability simply because they're free, but I'll still need an ATX NAS case and power supply in either situation. I'll most likely start this out with 3 HDDs and upgrade as needed. I'd like to be able to fit 5-6 eventually.
I'm still reading up on OS and file system choices (oi, so much reading), but I'd appreciate any thoughts on the above as I inch towards making this a reality.