Jan 31, 2012 #1 H hotzen Limp Gawd Joined Jan 29, 2011 Messages 349 Hello, I decided to value my data so much that I will use 4 disks and can live with net-capacity of 50%. So 2 disks are free for parity. Do I use Raid1 or RaidZ2?
Hello, I decided to value my data so much that I will use 4 disks and can live with net-capacity of 50%. So 2 disks are free for parity. Do I use Raid1 or RaidZ2?
Jan 31, 2012 #2 D danswartz 2[H]4U Joined Feb 25, 2011 Messages 3,715 Tradeoff here. With raid10 two drives dying is a 33% chance both sides of a mirror die. With raidz2 you can lose any two. On the other hand, random read performance is much better with raid10 than raidz2. Which criterion is more important to you?
Tradeoff here. With raid10 two drives dying is a 33% chance both sides of a mirror die. With raidz2 you can lose any two. On the other hand, random read performance is much better with raid10 than raidz2. Which criterion is more important to you?
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