Hi
Been a while since I looked into this topic, and when I last built my home NAS 5 years ago all my research said don't use SSD for NAS as constant read / write is bad, and capacity of SSD will degrade a lot over time.
My limited understanding is that SSD have improved, and especially if mainly reading from them that is very unlikely to degrade?
I want to use my NAS in RAID 1 (mirrored single config) so it is backed up. I thought that will also reduce the number of read / write to the SSD as not striped?
It will be connected via my switch 1000mbit to my Macstudio, Samsung TV and Apple laptop.
I want SSD as its quite and this will live in my office room next to my Macstudio
I want to use it for:
-
Backup of my Macstudio (I also back up to iCloud and another external hard disk which I store in a fireproof safe)
-
Hosting my Audiobooks, TV Shows and Movies on the LAN. Is it possible to do wireless hosting on modern NAS to an iPhone or iPad?
Kindly advice:
-
Should I go the SSD route or stick to HD. (The key factors for me are a) Noise and b) Reliability?
-
Which NAS should I get (my QNAP is very noisy e.g. fans even when HD not being accessed and when HD is being accessed it drives me nuts). Are there any quite but relaible brands of NAS compatible with SSD?
-
Which brand of SSD should I get?
-
Is there currently a price sweet spot on SSD size?
-
Is RAID 1 ok on SSD for backup and hosting, or should I go RAID 10 (I realise this will require 4 SSD instead of 2)? Will raid 10 reduce the life span of the SSD due to the striped nature?
Total size of storage depending on cost will be 4 to 8TB
Thanks for taking the time to read this.