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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoI plan on having a raid of 5 drives and a hot spare, with a cold spare next to the NAS. I am considering 8/10 TB drives, I currently have less than 10 TB of data in my archive. What are the advantages of the different raid z leves?
minus-squareQ The Misanthrope @startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoDisks that can fail. I can lose 2 and be okay. That gives me time to swap in my spare or order a new one. For a home user imo 2 drive redundancy is plenty but 3 for a 6 drive mirror was too much. These things aren’t cheap!
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago These things aren’t cheap! I am learning this now, especially since I will buy several of them. This will be my most expensive computer I own by far… But I am trying to buy reliable parts to last me 10+ years and possibly beyond…
I plan on having a raid of 5 drives and a hot spare, with a cold spare next to the NAS.
I am considering 8/10 TB drives, I currently have less than 10 TB of data in my archive.
What are the advantages of the different raid z leves?
Disks that can fail. I can lose 2 and be okay. That gives me time to swap in my spare or order a new one. For a home user imo 2 drive redundancy is plenty but 3 for a 6 drive mirror was too much. These things aren’t cheap!
I am learning this now, especially since I will buy several of them.
This will be my most expensive computer I own by far…
But I am trying to buy reliable parts to last me 10+ years and possibly beyond…