Hey there, I built a new computer not too long ago, got a gtx1070 right before the spike w00t w00t, but onto my real question, I want to get rid of my HDDs 1TB 7200rpm drive and a 2TB 5400 drive in my new computer and run off the 750GB of solid state drive space I have. I would like to keep things like games, financial documents, and sentimental things like photos and the such secure/safe. I am hoping to set up some sort of File Server, and possibly do some home streaming, or maybe setting up a mincraft server for local or light online use, but mostly for redundant storage. And if its possible have it accessible from the internet. I am going to be using either ac wifi, or gigabit switch. And my internet is 100 Mb/s.
So here are the options I have, my mobo supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10. I am not planning on doing 0 for sure, and I am pretty sure 5 or 10 are probably my best bet. I like the idea of 5 as my the main purpose is to keep things safe and secure, and from what I understand the performance wont be much less if any and I like the idea that if a drive fails my information isn't lost. I am hoping to use a total 4-6(probably 4) drives either 1 or 2 TB each. Would raid 5 or 10 be able to do what I want? And would either one be better for my intentions? Also I have 24GB of ddr3 ram, how much would I need for a this type of server(I would like to use some to either upgrade our HTPC or my mom's PC)? And would ram speed make much of a difference?
I have a Windows 10 key associated with the hardware already so I could just keep Windows 10 and use that or I could use some sort of special software for NAS, or other server software, but I wouldn't want to buy a new operating system, I know there are options like freeNAS and the like but would that be able to do home streaming or be set up as a simple game server, and if not is there a free, not super convoluted software that I could use? If I used Windows 10 I am assuming I could still use it as a desktop for guests when the come over correct? But could I make my folders available over the internet or use it for a server for games? And if I can get access to my folders online would I be able to do so securely and/or allow only specific folders to be accessible online?
Sorry for the long post, thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.