Hi folks,

I’ve finally set up a proper homelab after years of running a simple *arr and jellyfin set up from a pi.

My setup is as follows:

Sff PC running proxmox on a 258gb ssd for the OS.

I have 1x windows vm which I’ve done a USB pass through for a yottamaster 5 Bay hardware raid enclosure that has 5x 8tb disks in raid 5.

I have 1x 8tb external drive that has a “copy” of 7.1tb of media that is at my friend’s house that is from a month ago.

Now, what is my best way forward?

The raid array only has around 8tb of disk space used. I have signed up for backblaze but as I’m on starlink, this will take a few months to backup everything. I am keenly aware that raid is not a backup and want to make sure I can take care of things as my media collection grows.

Can I compress my media to back it up to a separate drive?

I’m aware of 3-2-1 only by name but not sure what is the best way to proceed in my current circumstances.