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Software RAID options (alien.top)
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I have 8 4TB drives right now, 6 data, 2 raid backups using SnapRaid. I used a gui over it to create snapshots (elucidate i think). Never had to restore data thankfully. Did not want to mess with command lines. I also use DrivePool and configured some folders to duplicate. This setup is about 6 years old, maybe more.

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I am about to move my data to 4 or 5 16TB WD Golds...2/2 data/raid or 3/2. Any suggestions for software raid to replace SnapRaid?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're using Windows and Drivepool your only options are folder duplication in Drivepool and/or SnapRAID.

Perhaps look at setting up a separate Linux based NAS.

Never had to restore data thankfully.

You should do a trial restore periodically, even if just a small sample size, otherwise how do you know that it's actually working?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, should do some testing.

  1. If I were to look at Linux based NAS, any suggestions.

  2. If I did stick with SnapRAID, is it still an active project? Can't tell version release dates.

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

NAS is wide open full of options. You can get one off the shelf like a Synology or just build a PC and use that as your NAS with a NAS OS like OpenMediaVault, UnRAID, TrueNAS...

SnapRAID is still plenty active. Just check their GitHub. Last update was 12.2 August 2022.