Storage Capacity to "Future Prove" Buddy Backup

[Manderis]

Hey everyone,

Realistically I just need around 2 - 4 TB of storage for my data (and friends and family), so I am locking at two or three 2TB drives or maybe two 4 TB ones. But pricing really sucks for this low range. I am locking at 20 - 40 €/TB (from used to new) for decent CMR drives that have reasonably low power consumption. If I look at new 2 TB HDDs suddenly SSDs make sense because they are not that much more and use way less power (this turns around fast at high capacity). As I have a 1 GB/s network there is no point for the speed. 

 

Do you thing there will be a Buddy community here in the forum to mutually share space when the feature drops maybe next year? I am thinking of going double because with 8 or 10 TB drives the cost per TB is so much more attractive. Does not make any sense though if it is just empty space. 

[Dylan]

4 hours ago, Manderis said:

Hey everyone,

Realistically I just need around 2 - 4 TB of storage for my data (and friends and family), so I am locking at two or three 2TB drives or maybe two 4 TB ones. But pricing really sucks for this low range. I am locking at 20 - 40 €/TB (from used to new) for decent CMR drives that have reasonably low power consumption. If I look at new 2 TB HDDs suddenly SSDs make sense because they are not that much more and use way less power (this turns around fast at high capacity). As I have a 1 GB/s network there is no point for the speed. 

 

Do you thing there will be a Buddy community here in the forum to mutually share space when the feature drops maybe next year? I am thinking of going double because with 8 or 10 TB drives the cost per TB is so much more attractive. Does not make any sense though if it is just empty space. 

Do keep in mind that if you start with only 2 drives you cannot expand that vdev. If you start with 3 you can expand it later if you find the need. So, if you can find 3x2TB drives at a good price point, that may be worth looking at. Also check out THIS POST as it reviews the storage requirements. Good luck!

Edited December 9, 2024 by Dylan
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[Manderis]

I read somewhere that the feature mirrored to raidz1 is supposed to come to TrueNAS. And betting on features that currently don't exist are basically what we are all doing here. 

Alternatively you can always add another vdev, right? But I lose some capacity and setup flexibility if I have multiple vdevs with a few drives compared to a single vdev with more drives, right?