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Hard disk for Music Server

I am building a PC as a Music Server.  Looking for help to pick hard disks.
Planning get 10 GB.

I am trying to get the best drives.....
Should I have say three 4 TB drives rather than one 10 TB?
How much capacity can one fill before it impacts performance? 70 %
Disk speed 5400 or 7200 rpm?
Brand of disk - HGST Ultrastar, WD Red, or WD Gold?

Thank you.
dcaudio

Showing 1 response by erik_squires

erik_squires
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Just FYI, you do not need speed, but if you plan to store 10TB, you probably want reliability.  I suggest an external, network enabled NAS.

Doing RAID with a PC is a dangerous affair.  If the motherboard dies, you may not be able to recover the RAID set. 

I'd go with cheap drives in a decent NAS enclosure connected via Ethernet.
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