Hi,
I've got a:
1) TrueNAS Mini XL+ Compact ZFS Storage Server with 8 + 1 Drive Bays, 32GB RAM, Eight Core CPU, Dual 1/10 Gigabit Network
2) 8x WD Red 10 TB drives
3) TrueNAS Mini 480GB Read Cache (L2ARC) Upgrade
4) iXsystems TrueNAS Mini Write Cache (ZIL) Upgrade
Regarding 3 & 4, I bought from these links respectively:
I'm not sure that why they're marketed differently because when I got them, they appear to be identical: two 480GB SSDs.
Anyway, I installed the two SSDs internally on the two available bay areas and I filled up the 8 3.5" hotswappable bays with the WD Red 10 TB drives. I may add a 1TB SSD to the top hot swappable bay at some point.
When I went to configure the two SSDs as L2ARC and SLOG drives, I got confused, so I had a little discussion with ChatGPT and this is what it recommended I do:
Partition two SSDs, allocating 32GB on each for SLOG and using the remaining space for L2ARC. The SLOG partitions will be mirrored between the two SSDs, while L2ARC will be set up without mirroring.
I tried to partition the SSDs from the shell to no avail. Does this seem like a good setup? Or should I try something else?
Thanks,
TrueNASty
I've got a:
1) TrueNAS Mini XL+ Compact ZFS Storage Server with 8 + 1 Drive Bays, 32GB RAM, Eight Core CPU, Dual 1/10 Gigabit Network
2) 8x WD Red 10 TB drives
3) TrueNAS Mini 480GB Read Cache (L2ARC) Upgrade
4) iXsystems TrueNAS Mini Write Cache (ZIL) Upgrade
Regarding 3 & 4, I bought from these links respectively:
I'm not sure that why they're marketed differently because when I got them, they appear to be identical: two 480GB SSDs.
Anyway, I installed the two SSDs internally on the two available bay areas and I filled up the 8 3.5" hotswappable bays with the WD Red 10 TB drives. I may add a 1TB SSD to the top hot swappable bay at some point.
When I went to configure the two SSDs as L2ARC and SLOG drives, I got confused, so I had a little discussion with ChatGPT and this is what it recommended I do:
Partition two SSDs, allocating 32GB on each for SLOG and using the remaining space for L2ARC. The SLOG partitions will be mirrored between the two SSDs, while L2ARC will be set up without mirroring.
I tried to partition the SSDs from the shell to no avail. Does this seem like a good setup? Or should I try something else?
Thanks,
TrueNASty