I primarily use this server to store old data, using five 2-terabyte drives running in a RAID-Z1 configuration, allowing for a one-drive-failure redundancy. I've had this for over a year at this point, and the services I have running on it are Plex Server, Syncthing, and Windows Samba protocol file sharing. The Plex Server is for storing digital media, such as movies, TV shows, and the nearly 300 gigabytes of digitized family pictures that I have, dating back to before I was born! In the operating system of the server (TrueNas Core), I've set up email alerts to notify me if there are any errors with the system, e.g. drive error/failure.
- Jason Rowe
4/25/24