sqwob
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Hi,
I've been following these forums the past few weeks and reading up on the documentation quite a bit, but still haven't figured out how i'm going to configure my hard drives / Volumes in my upcoming (first) FreeNas build.
Current situation:
My goal is to have a system with all 8 2tb disks in the final system, and all data migrated. I don't have any (significant) drives to temporarily store my data.
I understand that:
A) 4 disk raid5 or 4 disk RaidZ1 configurations are not recommended
B) an 8 disk raidz2 config would be a very good situation, but i doubt that i can reach that configuration without having temporary data storage?
C) I shouldn't expect issues mixing different brand drives, as long as i use 4k blocks for all
D) UFS would most likely outperform ZFS in my case, since i only have 8gb of ram (this is for domestic, single user use)
All feedback is appreciated
Kind regards,
Rik
I've been following these forums the past few weeks and reading up on the documentation quite a bit, but still haven't figured out how i'm going to configure my hard drives / Volumes in my upcoming (first) FreeNas build.
Current situation:
- I have a running Thecus 4200 ECO with 4 2tb disks in RAID5, containing about 4TB of data
- I have a new build almost ready (Pentium G860 3Ghz - 8gb RAM & 4 additional 2TB disks)
My goal is to have a system with all 8 2tb disks in the final system, and all data migrated. I don't have any (significant) drives to temporarily store my data.
I understand that:
A) 4 disk raid5 or 4 disk RaidZ1 configurations are not recommended
B) an 8 disk raidz2 config would be a very good situation, but i doubt that i can reach that configuration without having temporary data storage?
C) I shouldn't expect issues mixing different brand drives, as long as i use 4k blocks for all
D) UFS would most likely outperform ZFS in my case, since i only have 8gb of ram (this is for domestic, single user use)
All feedback is appreciated
Kind regards,
Rik