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Originally Posted by ime2006
Need some help on building a 30TB capacity RAID 10 home server.
I currently have a 24TB home server just running on Intel Pentium G4400 and 16GB ram with Windows 10 Pro.
I use it to store my pics and videos for my work and some family stuff.
I was lazy and cheap out on this set up. So, i didn't put too much mind and $$ in this system. Until few of my drives died...lost valuable files on those drives.
Now, I am thinking to build a usable 30TB capacity with RAID 10.
Also, trying to improve performance.
Some of raw Video files are more than 100GB.
Few question i have
1. Does it have to be server CPU ? like Xeon ? Will I7 6700K (Got one laying around) be enough ?
2. I heard people are saying Hardware RAID is dead, most people use software raid ?? But I thought Hardware RAID is must faster.
For the system, CPU + MOBO + RAM +RAID CARD with budget of $1000
Appreciate it if anyone can help me on this.
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Look at unraid it's a linux based OS designed for storage. In Unraid 1 drive acts as a parity drive and the rest are used as storage. Best part you can add more drives down the road.
You can pick up an LSI card from eBay for under $100 that will give you 8 sata ports.
Somthing like this:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/LSI-9240-8i-...sAAOSwcjpevOg8