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[ritualclarity]

12 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

At some point I need to invest in enterprise hard drives to store my videos. I record at 3440x1440 pixels ultrawide at 90k bitrate so my videos are massive. 

You might not need enterprise hard drives just quality regular drives that are HUGE.  Enterprise drives can run 24 / 7 and have some other features to help with raid controlers and vibration etc. Stuff you might not need. 

However, a good server would be benficial. Unraid, Truenas etc. Sure you can get a store bought nas but I suspect you will quickly out grow it and need more space. A customer server that you built would be more flexible and able to expand and even add some tools and such you might want in the future. Also provide a way to view and even download the videos when not at home. Send large video through dedicated links and not have to have Google or others watching over your shoulders. 

[endgameaddiction]

4 hours ago, ritualclarity said:

You might not need enterprise hard drives just quality regular drives that are HUGE.  Enterprise drives can run 24 / 7 and have some other features to help with raid controlers and vibration etc. Stuff you might not need. 

However, a good server would be benficial. Unraid, Truenas etc. Sure you can get a store bought nas but I suspect you will quickly out grow it and need more space. A customer server that you built would be more flexible and able to expand and even add some tools and such you might want in the future. Also provide a way to view and even download the videos when not at home. Send large video through dedicated links and not have to have Google or others watching over your shoulders. 

That's true. The only reason why I mentioned enterprise drives is because they are far more reliable since they are used by companies for massive storage space.