I'm in need of expanding my existing Freenas machine, so I bought a Promise Vtrak 24 drive bay off of Ebay.
Point of reference on the Vtrak:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Promise-VT...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
In my current Freenas server I have a Zpool of 6 8tb disks that hold my movie collection.
I'm looking to expand with the Vtrak.
1st Question:
Should I add a new Vdev to the existing Zpool (of the 6 8 tb disks internal on server) using the Vtrak?
Or is it a bad idea to mix external drives with internal drives - will this slow down the entire volume?
2nd Question:
Vdev masters - I have 24 bays to fill.
What is the wisest way to start to populate this monster?
It would be nice if I could buy 4 new drives whenever a sale hits and just add a new vdev(raidz1) extending the existing volume each time.
This would give me a life of 6 upgrades (4 drives x 6 purchase points)
Primary use storing media/movies (large contiguous files).
This is a home use server with primary use being plex serving family movies to multiple clients.
Thanks in advance!
Point of reference on the Vtrak:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Promise-VT...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
In my current Freenas server I have a Zpool of 6 8tb disks that hold my movie collection.
I'm looking to expand with the Vtrak.
1st Question:
Should I add a new Vdev to the existing Zpool (of the 6 8 tb disks internal on server) using the Vtrak?
Or is it a bad idea to mix external drives with internal drives - will this slow down the entire volume?
2nd Question:
Vdev masters - I have 24 bays to fill.
What is the wisest way to start to populate this monster?
It would be nice if I could buy 4 new drives whenever a sale hits and just add a new vdev(raidz1) extending the existing volume each time.
This would give me a life of 6 upgrades (4 drives x 6 purchase points)
Primary use storing media/movies (large contiguous files).
This is a home use server with primary use being plex serving family movies to multiple clients.
Thanks in advance!