I have a MiniPC (Minisforum TL50) which is currently running TrueNAS scale and both the drive spaces have been already occupied with my current setup. Running in RAID 1 (Mirror) and they have setup to do “smart” backups like hashed backups to cloud drive, snapshots. This is good enough for my current data i have.
Now i want to make use of my thunderbolt ports and expand my NAS storage to a 4 bay DAS enclosure ( Maybe 5 bay) for my SO. Maybe buy some cheap drives and have 1 or 2 of them as parity drive and increase my capacity with my current setup. is it something i can do without any problems or am i missing anything ?
Or should i just have any other new NAS setup that supports for both us (I dont want to manage 2 NAS systems - one for each) ?
Which of these will be good and cost effective for my situation ? Please help.
Also please recommend any good enclosures or similar solutions in market that suits my requirements. Thank you.
If you are considering a NAS, the Ugreen DXP series seem like a good option. I’ve ordered DXP4800 Plus (4 Bay) from Alibaba. Came to 430 USD incl shipping to India, customs extra.
When I connected an external hd via usb to my mini pc, the other usb peripherals started having connection issues which leads me to believe that these mini-pc usb ports are underpowered for serious workloads.
This may or may not be the case for the minisforum but just one thing to consider.