FS: CS GO, WoT, FFXIV, LEGO Minifigures
I have a couple of keys from an Intel Gaming Bundle. CS GO and GRID are steam keys.
CS:GO: $10
WoT: $15
Not sure what it comes with, it says "Special Offer Download: ($108 worth of content)"
FINAL FANTASY® XIV: A Realm Reborn: SOLD
Not sure what it...
If your budget is open to it, here's an affordable ECC option ($230):
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkServer-TS140-70A4000HUX-Computer/dp/B00F6EK9J2
I have the same system (the Xeon version) and it's an excellent base for FreeNAS as long as you're not looking for more than 5 drives. The i3...
akira181: Sounds like you're aware of the risks and have a solution, I'd go for it.
Regarding adding drives, lets say you had 6x1TB in RAID-Z2. If you replaced 1 of them with a 2TB, you would still have 4TB available (2 drives lost to parity). However, if you replaced all 6 of them with 2TB...
If you are trying to protect against bitrot, you won't be able to do it effectively without ECC.
If you run a scrub on your volume and a bitflip occurs, the scrub will destroy your data. You'd be trading one problem for another. I'm sure you know, but a bitflip can occur even with perfect...