So I am continuing with my NAS build and continuing to learn... albeit rather slowly. I just returned from the HDD store with two WD Black 2TB drives. I went there to pick up a 4TB HGST deskstarNAS drive but they were out. All they had was an open box 4TB deskstarNAS item that was considerably cheaper than my 2x 2TB combo purchase. Now that I am home I am seriously thinking of going back and getting the 4TB drive after reading some reviews comparing the two drives. Man I am HDD crazy. But I could test the drive extensively to determine if it is good. It would be about a 100 bucks cheaper!
Please... if any one has any words of advice please send! My goals are simply reliability. I plan on following tekkb's (sp) advice on using symlinks as I am not yet ready for raid. Not sure about LVM. I will have photos, home movies, and dvd/bluray rips on the drive(s).
-jt-