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Best use of up to 6 2tb drives
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willrun4fun
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Best use of up to 6 2tb drives
How many would be optimal in Z1? Is it still considered best to use an odd number?
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Re: Best use of up to 6 2tb drives
Plese read this excelent slideshow: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?th ... oobs.7775/
and google a bit about "best number of drives for RaidZ1" eg: http://christopher-technicalmusings.blo ... ect-t.html
other example: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?th ... onfig.158/
and google a bit about "best number of drives for RaidZ1" eg: http://christopher-technicalmusings.blo ... ect-t.html
other example: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?th ... onfig.158/
12.1.0.4 - Ingva (revision 7743) on SUPERMICRO X8SIL-F 8GB of ECC RAM, 11x3TB disk in 1 vdev = Vpool = 32TB Raw size , so 29TB usable size (I Have other NAS as Backup)
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