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Is anybody having issues with files only saving straight to the array disk one no matter what you do with data location set to?

Thanks. It is still a design build in progress. Currently Have built up with a Fractal Design Define 7 mid tower (in the max storage configuration). ASRock Z690 Pro RS MB Intel Core i5-12600K 64 Gb DDR4 Ordering 6 - 18 TB Sea Gate Exos-20 HDD (for Data) Can't decide between 2 - 1 TB NVME or 2 - 2 TB SSD for Cache. Forgot to mention I want to Keep access to all the family photos and other personal IE tax, medical, scans segregated from Plex and music. I am all about overkill, " Plan for the worst, hope for the best." I will be running an offsite Raid 1 Backup on a Qnap.

I am building my system up to move to UNRAID. It will host my Plex, Audio books, Music Library. and will also be moving to hosting our own Photo storage server and get off the google. My question is what is the best raid setup for this. I will need to increase size of array drives down the road due to grand kid pictures from the wife and my media collection growing. I am mostly concerned with files not being corrupted or recovering from bit rot. I have read that ZFS does this but you can't expand your drives as needed. Am I understanding this correctly or can it be done, or is there a better RAID solution. I will be running an offsite backup as well as a raid 1 for the catastrophic failures.