Well, it is time for me to take a look at mass storage to protect my media files (photos) and my wife's (video of the grandson). What I would like to do is have an external setup. I do have two old external drives (Different brands. 1tb (8 yrs old, and 2tb 5 years old) and they are working fine, however, I would rather have a four disk enclosed raid or cloud setup.
My assumption is that a personal cloud unit is only storage and not Raid capable. Raid, instead, would add redundancy and give protection that a cloud doesn't offer. Am I correct?
I have extra bays in my PC case, but would still rather have something portable to swap between machines. The disks wouldn't have to be massive (4TB each in 4 bays? Raid 1?) Yes, I know those are big drives, but there are far bigger.
So, what would y'all recommend? There are many different features on some of these pre-built devices. What should I look for? If my computer only supports DDR3, should I still consider DDR4? USB, Firewire, or SATA?
Do you also backup to DVD disk?
Thanks!
My assumption is that a personal cloud unit is only storage and not Raid capable. Raid, instead, would add redundancy and give protection that a cloud doesn't offer. Am I correct?
I have extra bays in my PC case, but would still rather have something portable to swap between machines. The disks wouldn't have to be massive (4TB each in 4 bays? Raid 1?) Yes, I know those are big drives, but there are far bigger.
So, what would y'all recommend? There are many different features on some of these pre-built devices. What should I look for? If my computer only supports DDR3, should I still consider DDR4? USB, Firewire, or SATA?
Do you also backup to DVD disk?
Thanks!