Managing Storage for JAV

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How do you guys store your JAV? How do you manage them? There are always updated jav in each week, how do you recommend for storing those JAV files?
I mainly store my JAV in external harddrive, but because there are too many files, they cannot fit in one harddrive. I use few external harddrives to store them but It's difficult when trying to search for a certain jav. The harddrive itself contain many other files not only jav and when the drive is full I just buy a new one. That's why managing these files are quite hard.
Do you guys have suggestion for this?
 
Instead of buying more external hard-drives, you should save up for a NAS like a Synlogy DS925+ (or something bigger, depending on your storage needs or being more future proof) and X hard-drives. For example if you buy 4x12 TB you would have 22TB available with RAID 10 or 32TB if you go for RAID5 (not recommended). But DS925+ + 4x12 TB drives would cost you roughly $2000.

How much storage do you currently have?
 
I have consider configuring NAS for this last months, but it is quite expensive to build one considering my external harddrives are portable one. I search about turning or converting those drives to NAS, but there are no result about that. My storage is around 10TB in total split arround 6-7 external drives. In using NAS, that means I have to buy complete NAS drives like you mentioned, but the external drives I have will be useless unless they are to be sold.
 
I genuinely believe that a NAS is the most sustainable long-term fix for you. With a NAS you aggregates all your files into one place, accessible over your home network. No more guessing which external drive has the file you are looking for. You could even integrate media servers (e.g., Plex, Jellyfin, Emby) for browsing, cataloging and playing/consuming your collection. Additionally you can access files from any device (PC, phone, TV) without physical connections in your home network.

You can also start "slow" buy just buying a NAS and a big drive (e.g. 12 TB) and don't use RAID. Without RAID, your files are at the same risk level as they are now on a single external drive.

Either sell 2-3 portables to offset the NAS cost or repurpose them as backup/archive drives.
 
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Avoid Synology, they are moving away from consumer/prosumer market by only supporting their own brand proprietary hard drives on their new models.

Look at QNAP at the higher end or Ugreen on the lower end.
 
Thanks for all of your recommendation, I will consider it and try to search which one is suitable for my budget.
 
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