FreeNas is used as home server primarily for storage.
Primary pool (tank) consists of RAIDZ1 with 3 WD RED 2TB drives.
This pool is replicated nightly to second single drive ZFS pool (bk-tank) on the same server. Yes, I recognize the risks, but have limited budget right now. This provides protection if primary pool fails. I decided to use ZFS because it will also replicate snapshots and will protect from bit-rot. If that happens, I can re-replicate from primary pool.
Weekly rsync is done to another linux(or freebsd) server. If both pools fails, I can use this to restore from.
Weekly crashplan to cloud storage. I will use this if my house burns down or in the event of both NAS and Linux servers getting trashed by power surge or similar event.
Primary pool (tank) consists of RAIDZ1 with 3 WD RED 2TB drives.
This pool is replicated nightly to second single drive ZFS pool (bk-tank) on the same server. Yes, I recognize the risks, but have limited budget right now. This provides protection if primary pool fails. I decided to use ZFS because it will also replicate snapshots and will protect from bit-rot. If that happens, I can re-replicate from primary pool.
Weekly rsync is done to another linux(or freebsd) server. If both pools fails, I can use this to restore from.
Weekly crashplan to cloud storage. I will use this if my house burns down or in the event of both NAS and Linux servers getting trashed by power surge or similar event.
