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Limp Gawd
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- Feb 5, 2007
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I kind of just want to stick with one zpool long term. I really need about 8tb right now but obviously that will increase with time. And I want at least 2 parity disks across the entire pool, but would be fine with 3.
So thinking that 7 drives in raidz3 makes sense. The smart thing to do would prob be to get 3 4TB's now to ultimately convert 8tb usable into 16tb. But I'm undecided on whether I wanna buy 3 $150 drives right now.
With this in mind, if 8 drives (7+1) is the most I envision ever using, is the R4 still the best choice or overkill? I'd like to keep everything in a single enclosure if I can. Similarly would an LSI be overkill?
So thinking that 7 drives in raidz3 makes sense. The smart thing to do would prob be to get 3 4TB's now to ultimately convert 8tb usable into 16tb. But I'm undecided on whether I wanna buy 3 $150 drives right now.
With this in mind, if 8 drives (7+1) is the most I envision ever using, is the R4 still the best choice or overkill? I'd like to keep everything in a single enclosure if I can. Similarly would an LSI be overkill?