I just needed thoughts, this is the next big upgrade for me, so go easy on me lol. The build I have at the min, is only my second one. If I was going to RAID I would always go with hardware RAID, much easier to deal with. I've currently got a home server in RAID 5 (8TB) which I'll be upgrading later on in the year. Better RAID card, more storage, rack mount, but that's another project