

How do I protect the NAS files from encryption launched from my PC? The big challenge is ransomware protection.

One area for archived backups from old PCs (can be read-only from PC).One area for the Plex library, split between:.Because the Mini-E only has 4× 3.5"drive bays and I won't have any spare drives, can I, say, use one old-NAS drive + 2 new drives in a ZRAID-1 configuration, copy the data from the remaining old-NAS drive, then change my vdev from a 3-disk ZRAID-1 to 4-disk ZRAID-2 without data loss?.Or can I stick the drive into my Mini-E and copy files to the newly-ZFS formatted drive?.I have a Linux laptop and a USB-SATA adapter allowing me to mount one of the dead NAS's drives onto the laptop and copy files to the new NAS.On the backup side, I aimed for 2-month retention of monthly full and daily incremental backups. A Plex media library not found on any PC.Backups from various PCs over the years.My dead NAS (D-Link DNS-325) has 2× 3TB WD Red drives in a RAID-1 mirror, containing:.I currently run Macrium Reflect on my PC for image (boot drive) and file (D: ) backups.D: Data drive: 2TB HDD about 1.2TB used.Boot drive: 210GB SSD with various partitions like C: and a Macrium Reflect rescue partition.The four drives, in a ZRAID-2 configuration, will give me ~6TB total storage. I'm buying 1 or 2 additional 3TB drives for parity.Be protected against PC ransomware encrypting my backups.Irreplaceable files only most media files I can re-download if needed.

