I am planning on upgrading my freenas box. Just upgraded the RAM/ CPU and will also be moving to v11U2 as well. My current specs are below.
FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-x64 (r13452)
ASUS P8Z68 - i7-3770, 32GB DDR3
RAIDZ2: WD60EFRX x 4 (WD Red)
RAIDZ HDS724040ALE640 x 2 (Archive-Normally spun down)
I'm planning on expanding my main RAIDZ2 pool by going to WD60EFRX x 8. Is this an OK configuration?
I think I remember reading that RAIDZ2 was optimized for 4,6,10 drives, but I didn't understand exactly why,
or the implications of having a different number of drives.
Any advice/suggestions would be much appreciated.
FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-x64 (r13452)
ASUS P8Z68 - i7-3770, 32GB DDR3
RAIDZ2: WD60EFRX x 4 (WD Red)
RAIDZ HDS724040ALE640 x 2 (Archive-Normally spun down)
I'm planning on expanding my main RAIDZ2 pool by going to WD60EFRX x 8. Is this an OK configuration?
I think I remember reading that RAIDZ2 was optimized for 4,6,10 drives, but I didn't understand exactly why,
or the implications of having a different number of drives.
Any advice/suggestions would be much appreciated.