I've been trying to decide on what to do with an old Windows 10 PC and I think I've settled on making it a file server using DrivePool.
I had considered building a RAID machine using one of the various solutions, but I like the idea of having a backup Windows machine available.
I realize that DrivePool is not RAID software, but it does have many features that are similar. What I'd like to try to do it attempt to simulate a RAID 10 setup as much as possible.
I'm going to start with four 8 TB hard drives and then add in pairs as needed. I have two old 500 GB SATA SSDs that I can use for caching, but I'm wondering if that is going to be enough. I will be running the server on a 2.5Gbe network. I'd like to be able to saturate that connection, which I think I will be able to do with SSD cache and full duplication.
Am I on the right track? Is there anything else I should consider?
