Flacman3000 it seems you are overwhelmed by the many topics currently on your table.
Lets take it in small pieces.
1.) please get to a conclusion with @ryecoaaron if RAID is at all necessary & beneficial
Laptop setup mediasonic 4 bay connected via SATA only detecting one 8TB drive?
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Flacman3000 it seems you are overwhelmed by the many topics currently on your table.
Lets take it in small pieces.
1.) please get to a conclusion with @ryecoaaron if RAID is at all necessary & beneficial
I need raid for 24/7 uptime and the data is sensitive hence the raid 10 so yes I am looking to do raid.
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I need raid for 24/7 uptime and the data is sensitive hence the raid 10 so yes I am looking to do raid.
Raid is about redundancy which would help with a 24/7 uptime but there is nothing redundant about a laptop (other than maybe the battery helping if the power went out). Even your external enclosure only has one power supply and I will tell you that they do fail. I have three dead 4 or 8 bay external enclosures that prove it.
But back to the point that unless you add a different esata port to the laptop, you can't do raid via esata. And even if the enclosure does raid, I still wouldn't connect something needing 24/7 uptime with sensitive data via USB. You probably need btrfs raid 10 to satisfy your requirements but you need an esata port that supports a port multipler.
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I need raid for 24/7 uptime and the data is sensitive hence the raid 10 so yes I am looking to do raid.
Then I suggest you use proper server grade hardware that is known to work correctly. And that you don't trust your sensitive data to an old laptop and a cheap USB enclosure.
Building server for sensitive data with demand for 24/7 uptime using an old laptop and an old USB enclosure does seem more than a little a bit strange.
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Another bad news, this old & cheap Dell has no slot to connect an ExpressCard and has only max 100Mbit wired Ethernet connection, meaning you'll be stuck with the USB3 port to connect external storage.
As usually a NAS is accessed by other users in your network, the current laptop hardware will be a performance bottleneck.
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Another bad news, this old & cheap Dell has no slot to connect an ExpressCard and has only max 100Mbit wired Ethernet connection, meaning you'll be stuck with the USB3 port to connect external storage.
As usually a NAS is accessed by other users in your network, the current laptop hardware will be a performance bottleneck.
It's a model from 2017 I'm shocked at that ethernet speed
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It's a model from 2017
Well you providel "model Inspiron 3000" but that is a product family starting in 2014 according to this Dell doc
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Connectivity
Options
10/100 RJ-45 Ethernet network
Dell Wireless-N 170x (1x1) + Bluetooth 4.0
Optional external USB Modem
Wi-Fi Display Support (Wi-Fi Alliance)Ports and
Connectors HDMI 1.4a, USB 3.0 (1), USB 2.0 (2), Security slot, Media Card (SD, SDHC, SDXC)"obviously quality of answers depends on the input provided
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The stated requirements and the chosen hardware (all of it) are a mismatch.
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