It's like magic. Decide how much redundancy you want. Then just add drives to it. It balances files automatically across drives. You can have remote drives in the mix.
What it is not good at, is many small files. But for my use, media files and backups (tar archives) it's a breeze. And the files are stored as normal file on the drives it distributes too, so there is nothing complicated to dig into should disaster strike. (Not that it has happened to me.)
No affiliation, just finally in a Zen state of mind when it comes to my home NAS.
Next step - make sure all of that is backed up off site too, but that is another thing altogether...
It's a really tough sell for most people when you tell them they need to have at least two copies of their data if they care about it. The vast majority of people will rather "take their chances." Usually that means another $100-500 bucks for most people.
What finally clicked for me, is https://www.greyhole.net
It's like magic. Decide how much redundancy you want. Then just add drives to it. It balances files automatically across drives. You can have remote drives in the mix.
What it is not good at, is many small files. But for my use, media files and backups (tar archives) it's a breeze. And the files are stored as normal file on the drives it distributes too, so there is nothing complicated to dig into should disaster strike. (Not that it has happened to me.)
No affiliation, just finally in a Zen state of mind when it comes to my home NAS.
Next step - make sure all of that is backed up off site too, but that is another thing altogether...