Hi folks,
I've recently built my first FreeNAS machine in a used Supermicro 6025B-T server I picked up for a good price.
The thing has six drive bays, and I currently have four 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm drives in it, configured as a RAIDZ2. I did that without having done extensive research on the subject and now realize that two sets of dynamically striped mirrors would be faster.
How much faster is it? Is it worth wiping my pool and starting from scratch? I have an extra computer that...
Ideal vdev configuration for 4-6 disks, mirrors vs RAIDZ2
I've recently built my first FreeNAS machine in a used Supermicro 6025B-T server I picked up for a good price.
The thing has six drive bays, and I currently have four 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm drives in it, configured as a RAIDZ2. I did that without having done extensive research on the subject and now realize that two sets of dynamically striped mirrors would be faster.
How much faster is it? Is it worth wiping my pool and starting from scratch? I have an extra computer that...
Ideal vdev configuration for 4-6 disks, mirrors vs RAIDZ2