Hi All
This is my first Freenas build & i ve got some questions. I hope some kind soul can help me. Ive got a lot of Windows experience but fairly average Linux skills. Ive never really played around with NAS & RAID before. This is what ive planned from research.
Ive got a Fractal R3 Case with 8 x HDD Bays. What I want is the following
1) Critical Data
Storage for critical data family photos / home movies. Must be able to survive total failure of 1 drive. I was thinking 2 x 1tb drives in a 1 mirror.
2) Non critical Data
Stuff that if lost, I could live without, however it would be an inconvenience to replace.
Ive got 6 bays free, and have the following Drives
5 x 2tb
1 x 1tb
What would be the best way to pool these drives? I would like to have storage space over redundancy. If I use a RAIDZ, the storage will be lowered due to the 1tb drive?
Thanks
This is my first Freenas build & i ve got some questions. I hope some kind soul can help me. Ive got a lot of Windows experience but fairly average Linux skills. Ive never really played around with NAS & RAID before. This is what ive planned from research.
Ive got a Fractal R3 Case with 8 x HDD Bays. What I want is the following
1) Critical Data
Storage for critical data family photos / home movies. Must be able to survive total failure of 1 drive. I was thinking 2 x 1tb drives in a 1 mirror.
2) Non critical Data
Stuff that if lost, I could live without, however it would be an inconvenience to replace.
Ive got 6 bays free, and have the following Drives
5 x 2tb
1 x 1tb
What would be the best way to pool these drives? I would like to have storage space over redundancy. If I use a RAIDZ, the storage will be lowered due to the 1tb drive?
Thanks