JF Server storage config advice?

[TheDreadPirate]

I would not use RAID, i have mutiple dirves but 2 servers. One in front and another as backup.

If server 1 goes down, server 2 is identical to server 1 and can take over while i fix server 2.

Currently my server is just a intel NUC N5105 with 4 external drives and one SSD in it..

But i do not have 50 users, so my backup is just a raspberry pi 4 connected to some other drives then server 1.. I havent had any down time due to hardware failures yet.

When you don't have enough space, money, etc., to do a full backup of your media, your remaining option is RAID.

Disclaimer: RAID is not a backup!  But money doesn't grow on trees so backup properly smaller data sets (Jellyfin/other container app data) and hope that RAID is good enough to survive hard drive failures.

Since most of us are only running servers for immediate family and not commercial setups (RIGHT!?) the need for a spare server to eliminate downtime is not worth the expense.