OK, think I've settled on a Synology DiskStation DS1621+ 6 bay thing, will also need to spend ~£160 upgrading it to 32GB RAM (which gives me much more room for a few VMs on it). I'll punt the old QNAP to lessen the upgrade cost.
That allows me to have 4 drives for my existing backup array, plus two bays free if I ever want a larger scratch area. Any more than that (I doubt I'll ever need it) and I can attach another 5 (or 10) drives using the DX517 expansion unit(s).
(Have a 2-4 week cooling off period for purchases like this, just in case I think up something better...)
OK, think I've settled on a Synology DiskStation DS1621+ 6 bay thing, will also need to spend ~£160 upgrading it to 32GB RAM (which gives me much more room for a few VMs on it). I'll punt the old QNAP to lessen the upgrade cost.
That allows me to have 4 drives for my existing backup array, plus two bays free if I ever want a larger scratch area. Any more than that (I doubt I'll ever need it) and I can attach another 5 (or 10) drives using the DX517 expansion unit(s).
(Have a 2-4 week cooling off period for purchases like this, just in case I think up something better...)