So I've installed FreeNAS onto my Old Machine (i7 860, Dual GLAN, 16GB Non-ECC RAM) to test freenas for a longer period off time (6 Months). I got hooked and started to love jails and zfs...
Long story short I want to build/buy something reliable that will hold all my media files and host PyLoad, PLEX and OwnCloud. I had a look at the FreeNAS Mini from iXsystems but 8TB (RAIDZ2 or RAID10) aren't enough for my needs. So my questions are...
1.) Since most of the files are movies is there something I can do with compression so I get more out of my disks?
2.) Could I use the FreeNAS mini with 6TB Disks?
3.) Is there a downside using larger Disks with non-parity RAID Levels like 1 or 10?
Thanks!
Long story short I want to build/buy something reliable that will hold all my media files and host PyLoad, PLEX and OwnCloud. I had a look at the FreeNAS Mini from iXsystems but 8TB (RAIDZ2 or RAID10) aren't enough for my needs. So my questions are...
1.) Since most of the files are movies is there something I can do with compression so I get more out of my disks?
2.) Could I use the FreeNAS mini with 6TB Disks?
3.) Is there a downside using larger Disks with non-parity RAID Levels like 1 or 10?
Thanks!