Add more drives to RAID easily?

[Gleb K]

Hello, I am going to setup a NAS at home however it will also function as my computer sometimes (not my daily driver, I will just use it about two times a week). Because of this I am likely going to install Windows 10 and then if I need anything else in a VM. However I have hear about unRAID and how it is very easy to add new drives into your array.

 

Is it possible to make something like this possible in Windows 10 or Ubuntu (I don't really mind what RAID array I should use as long as it is a common one)?

 

* I will have 4 HDDs to start with and I am planning to expand in the future.

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, Gleb K said:

Hello, I am going to setup a NAS at home however it will also function as my computer sometimes (not my daily driver, I will just use it about two times a week). Because of this I am likely going to install Windows 10 and then if I need anything else in a VM. However I have hear about unRAID and how it is very easy to add new drives into your array.

 

Is it possible to make something like this possible in Windows 10 or Ubuntu (I don't really mind what RAID array I should use as long as it is a common one)?

 

* I will have 4 HDDs to start with and I am planning to expand in the future.

Don't use software RAID

[Gleb K]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Don't use software RAID

But by using hardware RAID is it easier to add more drives to the array?

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Don't use software RAID

Software raid can be better than hardware raid and supports more features like scrubbing with checksums and easy addtion and migration of storage.

 

Yep you can expand arrays on both win10 and ubuntu, but it dependson on how you want to setup your storage.

 

What drive setup? Pick a os

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Gleb K said:

But by using hardware RAID is it easier to add more drives to the array?

Hardware RAID is still basically software RAID

Just use FreeNAS with ZFS, seems to be the easiest thing
 

 

 

[Gleb K]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Software raid can be better than hardware raid and supports more features like scrubbing with checksums and easy addtion and migration of storage.

 

Yep you can expand arrays on both win10 and ubuntu, but it dependson on how you want to setup your storage.

 

What drive setup? Pick a os

It is likely I will pick Windows 10 Home. Is it easy to add more drives or is there a chance of data loss (a major one)

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Gleb K said:

It is likely I will pick Windows 10 Home. Is it easy to add more drives or is there a chance of data loss (a major one)

There is always a chance of data loss, thats why you have backups.

 

Storage spaces will let you do this, you need power shell to do more advanced things.

 

Also look at drive pool and snapraid.