1) There is a large archive with over 6T of files which are not actively worked on but need to be available. Currently these are stored on a 12T RAID 0 with secondary hard drive backup.
2) Recent photos are loaded, worked on and after a month or two could be archived.
3) Current working disk is only 1T and I hear complaints once a week about being full.
4) I have very little storage expertise and am looking for fast, low maintenance, and expandable.
4) I am budget sensitive.
My strategy for new system:
1) Windows 10 Pro
2) 1T NVMe OS disk (c: drive)
3) a tri-mode HBA card which allows combinations of NVMe (2T+) and SATA disks (10T+) to create a large array for photo files.
4) Use Windows Storage Pools to set up an array that combines NVMe and SATA drives to get about 12T of storage. Ive never used WSP but it seems like a great feature?
5) Connect a large single HHD for backup.
I would like to hear some better ideas or errors in my strategy.
