I use a mini PC (n100 processor) for my home server. I just have a 6tb HDD plugged into it. I’m wondering what the best solution is for me long term. I’ll probably have the HDD filled in about a year.

I see a lot of usb enclosures on Amazon but the idea of running like 5 disks over a single usb makes me nervous.

I also keep seeing the 4 bay qnap DAS that can do raid 5. That’s tempting too to prevent data loss.

I’d like to keep the miniPC as the center since it’s configured just how I like it.

What would you recommend for external storage?

  • @d4nm3dBEnglish
    1•8 months ago

    I assume the Qnap DAS you are talking about is this one :

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07K23ZJFN?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

    I was recently in the same place as you and i’ve bought this… i have 2 x 16TB drives and 2 x 6TB drives in it all presented as individual drives… i’ve spent the last week syncing my data to the drives and it’s been faultless (this is a backup server for me)

    I run Proxmox on a Lenovo USFF m910q and have passed the USB controller through to a windows VM running on it and file transfers max out the 1GB connection using rclone.