I have been going through the slow process of setting up my first home server. Bought all the parts, got them working, did a lot of testing/reading/learning and I think I am finally to the point of setting up my server for non testing use.
I have connected the UPS and tested it.
Currently doing the SMART/Burn in on 2x4TB WD Red 5400 drives that I plan to use for my storage. I have 4 total of these drives, but only have 2 out of the box so far.
I bought some low mileage used drives to play with on my system for pretty cheap. All had between 0-70 hours of use according to the SMART data
Drives
From what I have read, its not a good practice to use desktop drives in my server, and it would also be bad to mix different drive speeds in the same pool.
I had originally planned to use 2 drive mirror vdevs (with my 4x4TB WD Red drives), and expand 2 drive mirror vdevs as needed. That was before I bought the used drives. Now I am wondering if a different set up might be better.
I'm sure years of windows use is clouding my judgement, but I was thinking about the following:
Pool 1: 2 drive mirror with 1 TB WD Blues for software (jails,vms) for now, not entirely sure what these will be...backup manager, owncloud, plex or some other media server are initial ideas.
Pool 2: 2 drive mirror with 1TB WD Reds for "working storage" (general documents/users shares of more currently used documents (have 4 kids that will use this for shcool work type of stuff))
Pool 3: 2 drive mirror with 4 TB WD Reds for "deep storage" (Pictures, Music, old saved documents, .ISO files)
I'm thinking of keeping the software separate since I am new to all of this. I was thinking that if I needed to destroy and start from scratch, having a separate pool might be a good idea?
Any help and/or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks :)
I have connected the UPS and tested it.
Currently doing the SMART/Burn in on 2x4TB WD Red 5400 drives that I plan to use for my storage. I have 4 total of these drives, but only have 2 out of the box so far.
I bought some low mileage used drives to play with on my system for pretty cheap. All had between 0-70 hours of use according to the SMART data
Drives
- 2x WD10PURX (1TB WD Purple) (tested and installed in system)
- 2x WD10EFRX (1TB WD Red) (tested and installed in system)
- 2x WD10EZEX (1TB WD Blue) (tested and installed in system)
- 2x WD10EZRX (1TB WD Green) (still in the box)
- 1x WD1003FZEX (1TB WD Black) (still in the box)
- 2x Seagate ST1000DM003 (1TB) (still in the box)
From what I have read, its not a good practice to use desktop drives in my server, and it would also be bad to mix different drive speeds in the same pool.
I had originally planned to use 2 drive mirror vdevs (with my 4x4TB WD Red drives), and expand 2 drive mirror vdevs as needed. That was before I bought the used drives. Now I am wondering if a different set up might be better.
I'm sure years of windows use is clouding my judgement, but I was thinking about the following:
Pool 1: 2 drive mirror with 1 TB WD Blues for software (jails,vms) for now, not entirely sure what these will be...backup manager, owncloud, plex or some other media server are initial ideas.
Pool 2: 2 drive mirror with 1TB WD Reds for "working storage" (general documents/users shares of more currently used documents (have 4 kids that will use this for shcool work type of stuff))
Pool 3: 2 drive mirror with 4 TB WD Reds for "deep storage" (Pictures, Music, old saved documents, .ISO files)
I'm thinking of keeping the software separate since I am new to all of this. I was thinking that if I needed to destroy and start from scratch, having a separate pool might be a good idea?
Any help and/or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks :)
