A few questions... DrivePool, BackBlaze, future migration path..
Guys,
Quick question, I think am at the end of my research and about to move into implementation over the Christmas holiday. I have tried and invested in EVERY permutation that one can imagine on the home storage front... First gen WHS (HP), second gen WHS (HP), collosal custom WHS build (BIG processor, etc), unRAID, Synologys, etc, but I still haven't found my perfect all encompassing solution... I loved the DriveExtender idea, but I/O issues killed me on the streaming side (one of my 2 pr
mnemonic0ne,
I can definitely understand your setup, and the desire for redundancy.
However, the point that I think that ctopherc was trying to make here was this:
The synology NAS device and the PC are both working as NAS devices. Why have two NAS', where you have to split you storage between the two. This means that you need significantly more hard drives to store all of your data.
One of the nice things about StableBit DrivePool is the built in duplication option (which you can