I have a box running Windows Server 2012 with a RAID 5 setup-- it's 3TB with four 1-TB 7200 RPM disks.
My business is fairly GIS intensive, so I've used about 75% of the 3TB. Also, the drives are 6-years old and it's time to upgrade for more capacity and speed,
Also -- the server is in my office and the drives are irritatingly noisy whenever the server backs up, virus scans are run, or coworkers are doing disk intensive operations. I want it to shut the hell up.
So SSD, right? No brainer. But to upgrade to 6 TB (RAID 5) with four 2-TB SSDs would be >$900 given prices I'm seeing on NewEgg and Amazon right now. I guess I was hoping the upgrade price would be more like $500.
Do I even need RAID 5 for data security these days? I perform daily backups and have off-site protocol in place. Or maybe I should keep the RAID intact for less frequently-used files and have the boot and primary data partitions be a couple of 4TB SSDs for ~460? That may be the easiest upgrade... But to continue to rely on 6-year old spinning drives? I'm not sure.
Any hardware gurus have advice?
My business is fairly GIS intensive, so I've used about 75% of the 3TB. Also, the drives are 6-years old and it's time to upgrade for more capacity and speed,
Also -- the server is in my office and the drives are irritatingly noisy whenever the server backs up, virus scans are run, or coworkers are doing disk intensive operations. I want it to shut the hell up.
So SSD, right? No brainer. But to upgrade to 6 TB (RAID 5) with four 2-TB SSDs would be >$900 given prices I'm seeing on NewEgg and Amazon right now. I guess I was hoping the upgrade price would be more like $500.
Do I even need RAID 5 for data security these days? I perform daily backups and have off-site protocol in place. Or maybe I should keep the RAID intact for less frequently-used files and have the boot and primary data partitions be a couple of 4TB SSDs for ~460? That may be the easiest upgrade... But to continue to rely on 6-year old spinning drives? I'm not sure.
Any hardware gurus have advice?