ironicbadger
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- Nov 8, 2013
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I've just suffered catastrophic data loss across my 12TB array which was running using SnapRAID and MHDDFS due to a faulty RAID controller and my inability not to tinker. I am therefore building a new system which is designed to be as 'set it and forget it' as possible...
OS: FreeNAS (latest)
Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I Octa-Core Avoton Intel Atom with 8x sata ports
RAM: Kingston 16GB ECC
Case: LIAN LI PC-Q25B
Power Supply: Seasonic TFX-350 Fully Modular SFX
Fans: Replacing stock fans with Noctua, no CPU fan.
Drives - 6 or 7x 3TB mixed brands from Hitachi, Toshiba and WD Reds.
I'm going ZFS and am thinking I'll setup the drives in one big Z2 pool. This should give me with 7 drives ~10TB of usable space. I know 6 drives would be optimal but this box will only be connected via gigabit and therefore I don't think I'd notice any real-world benefit in performance by running the optimal z2 6 drive config. I would notice the missing 3tb more I suspect. I have a 128gb SSD lying around which I thought I might be able to use in some cacheing capacity, but I don't fully understand if I'd benefit from doing this or not.
Is ZFS even the best option for this box? It's going to be storing mostly media files (TV, Movies and Photos etc) as it's a home storage box. My super important stuff is backed up to a secondary Synology NAS with mirrored 3TB drives and then off to Crashplan and my parents house via BitTorrent Sync. I've used unRAID in the past and their new v6 is looking pretty decent with the Docker support but I can't decide...
ZFS or.........?
OS: FreeNAS (latest)
Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I Octa-Core Avoton Intel Atom with 8x sata ports
RAM: Kingston 16GB ECC
Case: LIAN LI PC-Q25B
Power Supply: Seasonic TFX-350 Fully Modular SFX
Fans: Replacing stock fans with Noctua, no CPU fan.
Drives - 6 or 7x 3TB mixed brands from Hitachi, Toshiba and WD Reds.
I'm going ZFS and am thinking I'll setup the drives in one big Z2 pool. This should give me with 7 drives ~10TB of usable space. I know 6 drives would be optimal but this box will only be connected via gigabit and therefore I don't think I'd notice any real-world benefit in performance by running the optimal z2 6 drive config. I would notice the missing 3tb more I suspect. I have a 128gb SSD lying around which I thought I might be able to use in some cacheing capacity, but I don't fully understand if I'd benefit from doing this or not.
Is ZFS even the best option for this box? It's going to be storing mostly media files (TV, Movies and Photos etc) as it's a home storage box. My super important stuff is backed up to a secondary Synology NAS with mirrored 3TB drives and then off to Crashplan and my parents house via BitTorrent Sync. I've used unRAID in the past and their new v6 is looking pretty decent with the Docker support but I can't decide...
ZFS or.........?