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Best RAID/NAS Budget Storage

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What is the best raid / nas storage on a budget for storing large amounts of video footage? My brother-n-law has his own video-ography business (mostly wedding videos). He needs a solution to keep client footage safe while he edits it. He is on a budget. What are his best options? 12TB or more for space would be best.

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3 4tb WD Reds. Or 6 in raid 1. 

 

I believe you mean "6 in raid 10." As that many in raid 1 would only yield 4 TB, just mirrored across 6 devices.

 

Another idea, get 4x4TB drives in RAID 5 and save some money while having a failover

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I believe you mean "6 in raid 10." As that many in raid 1 would only yield 4 TB, just mirrored across 6 devices.

 

Another idea, get 4x4TB drives in RAID 5 and save some money while having a failover

Isn't raid 10 a mix of raid one and 0? Because that wouldn't be very helpful to make it more reliable. Also what i meant is that you take 3 drvies put the data on them and then mirror them. 

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I believe you mean "6 in raid 10." As that many in raid 1 would only yield 4 TB, just mirrored across 6 devices.

 

Another idea, get 4x4TB drives in RAID 5 and save some money while having a failover

 

I don't like RAID 5 personally. Using WD Reds fixes one problem, but the performance loss is annoying to me.

Isn't raid 10 a mix of raid one and 0? Because that wouldn't be very helpful to make it more reliable. Also what i meant is that you take 3 drvies put the data on them and then mirror them. 

You might not understand what is accomplished in RAID 10. 

You RAID 1 3 sets of drives together (in pairs of 2), then RAID 0 the 3 sets. Or you can RAID 0 2 sets of 3 drives, then RAID 1 them. 

Either way, if any 1 drive fails, you are good. If 2 certain drives (not any combination, but certain combinations) fail, you are good, or you are hosed (depending on which 2 it is), and the same is true of 3. 

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Raid 1 provides the reliability. In fact, RAID 10 is technically more reliable (i.e. has more redundancy) than RAID 5. Question is whether he wants to spend 2 drives or 1 on redundancy.

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Raid 1 provides the reliability. In fact, RAID 10 is technically more reliable (i.e. has more redundancy) than RAID 5. Question is whether he wants to spend 2 drives or 1 on redundancy.

For video editing, he's probably also somewhat concerned with performance. I recommend RAID 10.

 

Especially in the storage industry, you learn that RAID 10 is one of the most recommended RAID configurations (so is RAID 50), with RAID 5 and RAID 6 being used for low-usage, archival and replication purposes.

 

There is extra overhead cost, but you get better performance, slightly better redundancy, and faster rebuilds after drive failures. It's also damn simple to run, no expensive calculations required.

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I would go with Raid 6 / RAID-Z2, i probably wouldnt render on a storage rig anyway.

 

I'm not sure about the actual hardware of the NAS tho. Probably something along the line of i3 + 8gb ram, standard or micro atx board @ freeNAS. Maybe a case like the Fractal Design Define Mini

 

He shouldnt cheap out on the drives either 6-7 WD Reds 4TB should give enough space. Look for a mainboard with enough sata ports.

 

If on a budget maybe start with the minimum needed drives for the desired raid option.

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I would go any RAID with Backups, best DR in the biznezz (DR = Disaster Recovery).

 

That's why I roll with RAID 0 and just backup so I am fastest at the console and redundant to a day.

 

If backing up to a drive use RAID 1 on that drive <_<

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