pclausen
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I'm getting ready to start a new build, and I'm looking for it to be capable of saturating a 10 Gb/s network link. My production server is windows based with an Areca 1882XI16 controller configured with a RAID60 array consisting of a pair of 12x6TB RAID6 arrays (WD Reds). This config is fully capable of saturating a 10 Gb/s link.
I was running a 50 disk ZFS array (see sig) but was never able to get much past 3-4 Gb/s on transfers. So my plan for the new build is to have a total of 12 vdevs, each with 5 2TB drives in raidz1. This system will only be powered up once a month or so to sync up against the windows server. There may also be times when I want to blow away my Windows system and reconfigure, and then restore the data from the ZFS array. I might also want to reconfigure the FreeNAS server and restore the data from the Windows box.
I already have the 60 2TB drives, some were used before in my previous build, and others are recently acquired. All have passed badblock testing and none have SMART errors that matter. Here's how I plan to configure the vdevs. I'm trying to group them together in the same vdev based on their performance characteristics:
I'm thinking that with 2TB drives that have been well tested, running 5 disks in raidz1 will be relatively safe. Also, this will only serve as a backup to my primary server, and as stated above, will only be brought online once a month or so to sync up against the prod server.
The mobo is an older SuperMicro X8DT6-F (embedded 8 port LSI 2008 controller that I will flash to IT P20) with a pair of Xeon L5630 CPUs and 12 x 4 GB DDR3-1333MHz ECC RAM (48GB total). I won't be running any plugins or anything else. Just a vanilla build to act as backup for my primary server.
I was running a 50 disk ZFS array (see sig) but was never able to get much past 3-4 Gb/s on transfers. So my plan for the new build is to have a total of 12 vdevs, each with 5 2TB drives in raidz1. This system will only be powered up once a month or so to sync up against the windows server. There may also be times when I want to blow away my Windows system and reconfigure, and then restore the data from the ZFS array. I might also want to reconfigure the FreeNAS server and restore the data from the Windows box.
I already have the 60 2TB drives, some were used before in my previous build, and others are recently acquired. All have passed badblock testing and none have SMART errors that matter. Here's how I plan to configure the vdevs. I'm trying to group them together in the same vdev based on their performance characteristics:
I'm thinking that with 2TB drives that have been well tested, running 5 disks in raidz1 will be relatively safe. Also, this will only serve as a backup to my primary server, and as stated above, will only be brought online once a month or so to sync up against the prod server.
The mobo is an older SuperMicro X8DT6-F (embedded 8 port LSI 2008 controller that I will flash to IT P20) with a pair of Xeon L5630 CPUs and 12 x 4 GB DDR3-1333MHz ECC RAM (48GB total). I won't be running any plugins or anything else. Just a vanilla build to act as backup for my primary server.