NAS POLL - How much NAS do you need in times of streaming???

[Allan F]

I have approximately 1100 albums stored on my Synology NAS and they occupy less than half the capacity of my 2TB RAID drives. At the rate that I add new music, I can't see running out of capacity any time in the foreseeable future, if ever. I currently do not subscribe to a streaming service.

[Allan F]

1 hour ago, DuckToller said:

Mille merci,

@Kal Rubinson and @Allan F

for giving some insight about the different directions we may  find in our music loving hobby.

I could imagine, that perhaps the format (i e. DSD or DXD) or possibly the accumulation of collector items are drivers for growth?

For instance, in a rationalized case, if you would listen to the 1100 album of Allan (which I would guess are mostly PCM) with a rate of 6h listening time per day, you could listen to them approximately just twice during the coming year, however you would need only 2 TB extra storage.
Best, Tom

 

Yes, the vast majority of my albums are Redbook PCM. I also currently have 85 DSD and 164 Hi Res PCM albums, but no DXD. At present, all playback is upsampled to DSD512 via HQPlayer.

[Allan F]

57 minutes ago, davide256 said:

 wouldn't surprise me if some have NAS's backing up their primary NAS

 

My NAS is used solely for storage of my music library. I regularly update two separate backups on portable 2TB USB drives. My largest album is a classical recording of Chopin in DSDx2, which occupies just over 4GB.

[Allan F]

34 minutes ago, DuckToller said:

Because Raid6 is no back-up !!! 😉
I admire the execution of useful rules as you did. Just perfect!
Cheers, Tom

 

Of course your are correct about RAID not being backup. It is a very commonly held misconception that RAID provides backup. RAID provides redundancy, the ability to continue operating should a duplicate drive fail. Many people do not realize, for example, that if you were to accidentally delete files, they would be deleted on all duplicate drives. Moreover, while unlikely, a catastrophic failure of a NAS could potentially destroy the content of all drives in the array. External backup of a NAS is essential for proper security. Not to mention peace of mind. 🙂