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I've been running a single 1TB drive along with an SSD for years. The hard drive is over 7 years old and is still working flawlessly but I'm running out of storage so I'm considering an upgrade. I want to keep some files on local storage but I keep hearing single HDD is not that safe which I agree my 1TB Caviar Black just happened to be a really good one. I have a S340 Elite so only space for two 3.5" drives. What's the best setup for this kind of space? Should I get a NAS as well? I think I will stick to mechanical drives as I don't have the budget for all SSD storage 

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WD Reds make pretty good mass storage drives.

 

A single HDD can be good or bad depending on what HDD it is. Overall, at least RAID 1 is recommended for a mass storage solution, but it's not a requirement, especially if you don't have the budget.

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Just now, monjessenstein said:

whatever the one is that is parallelized

Referring to the level that gives you the storage of both drives?

 

That has its benefits, but it's not recommended for mass storage.

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Thanks for the imput! I'd like to know how people typically configure their local storage when they also have a NAS? Do they still use raid configs? I have 3 computers at home and most of my local storage on my main rig is used for games (which is not critical) so is it a good idea for me to leave it as it is and transfer all the important files to a NAS? 

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On 21-9-2018 at 5:28 PM, Crunchy Dragon said:

Referring to the level that gives you the storage of both drives?

 

That has its benefits, but it's not recommended for mass storage.

Nah meant the one where data is cloned, whasn't really awake at the time/

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