So I have a Seagate Nas server 4 bay, I purchased 4 4tb drives. I want to have the max amount of space Which raid do I set it to? I have the following Options: Span Raid 0 Raid 1 Raid 5 Raid 10
I think I am going to do Raid 5. Apparently Ill have 12tb of space and be able to swap drives if one fails? How often does a drive fail? Now im scared.. I have a bunch of usb drives and they have never failed
Do you think span or raid 0 is better? I dont think I want to do raid 5 aparently itl take like 2 days to build
When you first buy them, check them using the software from the company, do a full check. Thats all you can do really, and make sure you have a backup in case of failure. As long as you have a backup, you should not worry too much. There is nothing you really can do about drive failures if they happen, but nowadays, techs have become alot better.
M8, if I where you I'd go for the Raid 5 AND get myself a ups for the nas. That's if data is important to you. If it doesn't matter and you want the space, stripe it (raid 0). Build the raid 5, give it a few days to initialize, etc...