Paranoiak
Dabbler
- Joined
- Jun 3, 2014
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Hi everyone.
I have already asked this in the french forum but I prefer to be sure and ask this here too ! :)
Here is my translated message (DeepL is quite effective ! Try it !)
I was studying an upgrade for my current FreeNAS (the config is in my signature)
I use it mainly to store my movies, photos, ISOs. I am the only one using it via CIFS (Windows machines)
So I currently have 6 x 3 TB in RAID-Z2, about 12 TB usable.
Instead of buying it all back, I'd just like to change all my hard drives for more capacity. The problem is the overall RAM of the system, I have 16 GB MAX (I am already in ECC) with this motherboard.
Do you find such upgrades dangerous?
6 x 4 TB RAID-Z2 = 16 TB usable | 24 TB RAW
6 x 6 TB RAID-Z2 = 24 TB usable | 36 TB RAW
6 x 8 TB RAID-Z2 = 32 TB usable | 48 TB RAW
There is the 1 GB by 1 TB RAW rule for RAM, that's where I wonder. I would opt for the last solution, 2.66 times more space.
How do you feel about that? In addition, have you ever done such an upgrade (break the disks one by one to expand the ZFS volume) ?
Thank you for your input.
I have already asked this in the french forum but I prefer to be sure and ask this here too ! :)
Here is my translated message (DeepL is quite effective ! Try it !)
I was studying an upgrade for my current FreeNAS (the config is in my signature)
I use it mainly to store my movies, photos, ISOs. I am the only one using it via CIFS (Windows machines)
So I currently have 6 x 3 TB in RAID-Z2, about 12 TB usable.
Instead of buying it all back, I'd just like to change all my hard drives for more capacity. The problem is the overall RAM of the system, I have 16 GB MAX (I am already in ECC) with this motherboard.
Do you find such upgrades dangerous?
6 x 4 TB RAID-Z2 = 16 TB usable | 24 TB RAW
6 x 6 TB RAID-Z2 = 24 TB usable | 36 TB RAW
6 x 8 TB RAID-Z2 = 32 TB usable | 48 TB RAW
There is the 1 GB by 1 TB RAW rule for RAM, that's where I wonder. I would opt for the last solution, 2.66 times more space.
How do you feel about that? In addition, have you ever done such an upgrade (break the disks one by one to expand the ZFS volume) ?
Thank you for your input.