Botafoguense1965
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Hi all. Since I found my self with a bunch of hard drives used for backing up several sources this was getting confusing (sounds familiar? )
I have pairs of 1tb, 2tb and 3tbs, so it seems logical to consolidate all 6 inside a case and drive them with TrueNas…cheap machine, just for the purpose of backing up data from multiple computers, Mac and PC and have it available to them…did my homework and have been searching the forum, so I’d like to check with you guys before start buying parts…
1. Setup should be grouping same size HDs in pairs and then use RaidZ 2 or 3..(2x1tb, 2x2tb, 2x3tb)
2. Plan to buy intelCore i3 or i5…will this simple scenario really benefit from i5?
3. 16gb of ram
4. Gigabit. Maybe someday 10gb. I’d love to connect directly to my MacBook using thunderbolt or USB-C but from what I read seems not possible, so the maybe 10gb option, would have to buy a Thunderbolt-10gb adaptor…
5. All in a tower for 6 HDs.
6. In this scenario do I need a boot SSD or using one of the HDs to boot is just fine?
Thanks for your inputs!
André
I have pairs of 1tb, 2tb and 3tbs, so it seems logical to consolidate all 6 inside a case and drive them with TrueNas…cheap machine, just for the purpose of backing up data from multiple computers, Mac and PC and have it available to them…did my homework and have been searching the forum, so I’d like to check with you guys before start buying parts…
1. Setup should be grouping same size HDs in pairs and then use RaidZ 2 or 3..(2x1tb, 2x2tb, 2x3tb)
2. Plan to buy intelCore i3 or i5…will this simple scenario really benefit from i5?
3. 16gb of ram
4. Gigabit. Maybe someday 10gb. I’d love to connect directly to my MacBook using thunderbolt or USB-C but from what I read seems not possible, so the maybe 10gb option, would have to buy a Thunderbolt-10gb adaptor…
5. All in a tower for 6 HDs.
6. In this scenario do I need a boot SSD or using one of the HDs to boot is just fine?
Thanks for your inputs!
André