LightsOut might help reduce the uptime and make you happier with a slightly higher power device.
Some HP laptops come with (or at least used to) IR remotes, which could reduce the need for RDP
StableBit DrivePool is a good alternative to raid for pooling drives. It runs on nearly any windows OS, accepts basically any storage type and size, allows duplication (or up to as many copies as you have disks) on a per folder basis, and disk evacuation (with Scanner) if a disk is detected as failing.
Have you considered a server instead? I went the Windows Home Server route, and I use DrivePool, Scanner and LightsOut. It seemed a bit ridiculous for the home, but WHS was only $120 and I'm very happy with it. Central storage, redundancy for the data I consider important but still expendable, and available on demand. you also get client backups and bare metal restore
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