tyve55
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New here but have spent a while lurking around on the forum and reading various pdfs on this.
I have the following at my disposal:
HDDs - candidates for the RAIDZ2 pool:
2x Hitachi Travelstar 5K750, 500GB - SATA300 5400rpm
1x Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003, 2TB - SATA600 5900rpm
2x WD Black SATA 3 Gb/s WD1001FALS, 1TB - SATA300 7200rpm
1x WD Black SATA 3 Gb/s WD6401AALS, 640GB - SATA300 7200rpm
1x WD Green WD10EACS, 1TB - SATA300 5400rpm
1x WD Green WD7500AZRX, 750GB - SATA600 5400rpm
1x WD Green SATA 3 Gb/s WD15EARS, 1,5TB - SATA300 5400rpm
SSDs - candidates for the cache pool (? no experience in this area, though):
1x Crucial MX300 2,5" 275GB
1x Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB
Other:
APC Smart-UPS C 1000VA LCD 230V - no idea how to include this yet….
PSU: OCZ ModStream OCZ45012U, 450W (ATX) - but will probably need to be changed (insufficient for amount of drives)…
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9211-4i (currently missing the mini connector though...grr, any tips?)
Intel I210-T1 (by HP)
I'll be adding 16 GB RAM and the processor is AMD (which I know is less suitable but not going there right now).
UPDATE: discussion below has led me to the following: what is more reliable, i.e. "better":
- switching to Intel, keeping all the different kinds of drives, OR
- maintaining the platform and getting all the same drive model?
Consider a scenario that both options would cost the same (approx. 100 €, but I know option 1 is more expensive).
Main question: HDD/SDDs: which to include, which to leave out, which to sell off and replace with another… ?
Also, what to do with the SSDs, can I use both, I understand this can establish a cache pool? Any other advice would be appreciated too. Purpose: just a 'quite safe' SoHo storage NAS, speed is important but only 5 to 6 concurrent users, lots of media though. This is not mission critical, but stability is required. NAS experience level: we had at least two Synologies (now one left) but after a a bad experience are veering away from that (no data loss, just some irreparable software issues, just beyond 3yr warranty which was "very strange").
MODs: feel free to change things or ensure thread compliance. ;-)
I have the following at my disposal:
HDDs - candidates for the RAIDZ2 pool:
2x Hitachi Travelstar 5K750, 500GB - SATA300 5400rpm
1x Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003, 2TB - SATA600 5900rpm
2x WD Black SATA 3 Gb/s WD1001FALS, 1TB - SATA300 7200rpm
1x WD Black SATA 3 Gb/s WD6401AALS, 640GB - SATA300 7200rpm
1x WD Green WD10EACS, 1TB - SATA300 5400rpm
1x WD Green WD7500AZRX, 750GB - SATA600 5400rpm
1x WD Green SATA 3 Gb/s WD15EARS, 1,5TB - SATA300 5400rpm
SSDs - candidates for the cache pool (? no experience in this area, though):
1x Crucial MX300 2,5" 275GB
1x Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB
Other:
APC Smart-UPS C 1000VA LCD 230V - no idea how to include this yet….
PSU: OCZ ModStream OCZ45012U, 450W (ATX) - but will probably need to be changed (insufficient for amount of drives)…
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9211-4i (currently missing the mini connector though...grr, any tips?)
Intel I210-T1 (by HP)
I'll be adding 16 GB RAM and the processor is AMD (which I know is less suitable but not going there right now).
UPDATE: discussion below has led me to the following: what is more reliable, i.e. "better":
- switching to Intel, keeping all the different kinds of drives, OR
- maintaining the platform and getting all the same drive model?
Consider a scenario that both options would cost the same (approx. 100 €, but I know option 1 is more expensive).
Main question: HDD/SDDs: which to include, which to leave out, which to sell off and replace with another… ?
Also, what to do with the SSDs, can I use both, I understand this can establish a cache pool? Any other advice would be appreciated too. Purpose: just a 'quite safe' SoHo storage NAS, speed is important but only 5 to 6 concurrent users, lots of media though. This is not mission critical, but stability is required. NAS experience level: we had at least two Synologies (now one left) but after a a bad experience are veering away from that (no data loss, just some irreparable software issues, just beyond 3yr warranty which was "very strange").
MODs: feel free to change things or ensure thread compliance. ;-)
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