First I would like to start by saying I am a bit of a noob.
I am currently running DSM 5.2 on bare metal. I would like to go, at sometime, to DSM 6.(no hurry) I have read the OP instrunctions and tried to read a good portion of this thread. But 250 something pages is a little tough to get through. I am looking for guidance on a way to proceed.
I currently use my box mainly for Plex.
My setup is:
MB: Asus P8H61-I R2.0 x4 Sata 2
LAN: Realtek 8111F Gigabit x1
Proc: I5-2320
IO Crest 4 Port Sata 3 PCI-e 2.0
Silverstone ITX case w/ 8 Hot swap bays
The disks are in SHR2 single volume
WD Red 3TB x8, going to start upgrading to 4TB over the next few months ($$$)
Running:
Deluge, Sonarr, Transmission, PMS, and a couple others. Looking at getting a separate box to run these, but nothing yet.
While I know its a bad idea, I don't have a backup of my data. I can't really afford a second box or a service to put almost 10TB of data.
1. What would be the best version to go to?
2. Would a clean install or migration be better?
3. Is SHR or RAID a better choice? I assume that if I switch I would have to reformat.
4. I would like to play with DSM 6 in virtualbox. What is the process for that?
5. At some point I plan on upgrading MB and processor. Should I wait to upgrade till then?
If that is a lot of questions I am sorry, I just want to be thorough.
Thank you for any help.