I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a few HDDs for my WHS 2011 setup. Right now I have 1tb samsung spinpoint drive that's storing data with no other means to back anything up. I was thinking of picking up 2-3 HDDs and throwing them in there, maybe an external drive to backup the actual server. What I was thinking of doing is this:
1. Use the existing samsung for the OS (It's currently not partitioned) and use the remaining for storage
2. Use 1tb hd for my media files
3. Use 1tb for client pc backups (3 clients)
4. Use 1tb (internal or external) to backup the server itself.
Is this a logical setup? What HDDs would you guys recommend? I'm leary about spending the $ and all the horror stories about how HDDs are failing. Personally, I've yet to have one fail on me and I've used several different brands from Maxtor - Samsung, but it's been about 2 yrs since I've purchased one. The other thing is I've never bought an external HDD before either.
I'm also considering RAID but that's a whole new venture that I'm a complete noob at. Would a RAID config. be a better config. for my WHS setup?
Thanks.
1. Use the existing samsung for the OS (It's currently not partitioned) and use the remaining for storage
2. Use 1tb hd for my media files
3. Use 1tb for client pc backups (3 clients)
4. Use 1tb (internal or external) to backup the server itself.
Is this a logical setup? What HDDs would you guys recommend? I'm leary about spending the $ and all the horror stories about how HDDs are failing. Personally, I've yet to have one fail on me and I've used several different brands from Maxtor - Samsung, but it's been about 2 yrs since I've purchased one. The other thing is I've never bought an external HDD before either.
I'm also considering RAID but that's a whole new venture that I'm a complete noob at. Would a RAID config. be a better config. for my WHS setup?
Thanks.