Hi
Been a long time OMV user and the system has been working really well with the current hardware - thanks to @tekkb , @ryecoaaron and @davidh2k for the advice on that one. The NAS is primarily a streaming box for the SMART TV's, Tablets, Laptops and game consoles in the house. Family of five and we keep getting more and more devices - got to love tech.
My current set up is a ASRock Z87 PRO3 with 4GB DDR3 G-Skill Ripjaws and the following HDD /SSD's
- 30 SDD for the OS
- 3 x 2TB Western Digital Reds in RAID 5
- 1 x 2TB Western Digital Green
- 1 x 1TB Samsung
The OMV share for Virtual Box is on the RAID and I've found it been eating up valuable space for storing those TV Shows and I'd like the applications to have their own drive. So I've been planning to add a few more drives and then retire the Western Digital Green and 1TB Samsung drives as they had been left over from an earlier build and most probably at the end of their lifespan
Currently have budget of £350ish for 3 new western digital reds (although I notice on this thread@tinh_x7 is advising not to use them). Also have 256 GIG SSD knocking about. Going to use a Syba SATA III 4 Port PCI-e x1 Controller Card for a few more ports.
So my thinking is this:
Motherboard
- 30 SDD for the OS
- 3 x 2TB Western Digital Reds in RAID 5 for photos, documents and music
- 1 x 2TB Western Green - scheduled for retirement
- 1 x 1TB Samsung
Controller Card
- 3 x 3TB Western Digitals
- 1 x 256 Gig SSD for application
Finally to my questions
- Could / should I remove the 30 gig SDD and then split the 256 gig SSD into OS and then Application partition, freeing up a port
- Is the controller card ok
- 3 x Western Digital 3TB or 2 x Western Digital 4TB
Any advice or thoughts welcome