Hello all. I'm looking for advice on what to do with my current media server. Currently I'm running 8x4TB WD Red in Raid-6 on an Adaptec 5805 controller card. One of the disks in the array has recently failed. The array is nearly full of video files. only a little over 3TB available. The Adaptec controller card is so old there haven't been updated drivers for years and the Adaptec Storage manager tool doesn't appear to work with the drivers Windows 10 is installing. I'm trying to figure out how best to repair/expand my current storage. Also, the only software requirements the server really has is running Emby and serving web pages.
Should I...
a) Buy a new 4TB drive and try to repair the array or just scrap the current array and buy new drives?
b) Switch to something like FreeNas or Unraid and create a new storage pool with a couple of larger drives?
c) Something else?
I'm not rich (unfortunately) so buying something crazy like 8 or more 10+TB drives isn't possible. As much as I'd like to.
Should I...
a) Buy a new 4TB drive and try to repair the array or just scrap the current array and buy new drives?
b) Switch to something like FreeNas or Unraid and create a new storage pool with a couple of larger drives?
c) Something else?
I'm not rich (unfortunately) so buying something crazy like 8 or more 10+TB drives isn't possible. As much as I'd like to.