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    FlexRAID with various drive sizes - how safe?

    Thank you both for these great explanations. If I get this right it would probably be much more efficient to give up on that 500GB drive and instead use another 3TB drive - this would yield 8TB at basically the same safety level as outline above for 6.5TB, right? Would it be better to make up...
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    FlexRAID with various drive sizes - how safe?

    Hi there, I have just built a 10+TB storage server using 6 identical 3TB drives in a raidz2 FreeNAS setup. I can appreciate and understand that this is not a backup, but let's say the data stored has some pretty solid redundancy available. Now, I still have a bunch of other drives lying...
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    Data storage build vs. NAS for media archive - please advise! :)

    First of all, thanks again for all the input. I have decided to go for a system along the lines of bob6987 - when a C60M1 mainboard became available I opted for that solution. The setup in detail: Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mainboard: Asus C60M1-I Power Supply: BeQuiet Straight...
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    Data storage build vs. NAS for media archive - please advise! :)

    Thank you for this input. I was actually briefly looking at the HP 'server' N40L, which apparently allows 8GB of ECC RAM to be used. Would that be worth the hassle of using a case that is not really intended to house 6 hard drives and just make it work (the google tells me it's possible)? Or...
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    Data storage build vs. NAS for media archive - please advise! :)

    Thank you for your reply. :) Alright, I follow and I appreciate your stance on the safety (or lack thereof) of running RAID5 in a multi-TB solution. Now, let's say I go for ZFS, this would be a software based RAID solution - I assume 'Raidz2' would be the ZFS-way of doing RAID6? Or would you...
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    Data storage build vs. NAS for media archive - please advise! :)

    Hey everyone, previously a lurker, now a member. I am in need of some advice and would very much appreciate your input. I am archiving my collection of DVDs (1,000+) and BDs (just starting out) after having done a complete FLAC archive of my music. Space is running out on my current...
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