so i've been doing a lot of reading on freenas systems and i think i've got the gist of it now
originally i wanted to build a freenas system from spare parts i've had around, but ended up buying several hdds before i knew anything really about freenas
i have 3x3tb hdds and 1 4tb hdd at this time, one of the 3tb hdd i use in my htpc currently so i'll have to migrate all that stuff over to my freenas once it's built, so my question is this, how should i best utilize my hdd space for maximum storage while maintaining redundancy if a drive fails?
i thought about migrating my info to the 4tb hdd then setting up the 3x3tb hdds in raidz and adding the 4tb as a hot spare. by black friday i'd like to get 2 more hdds, possibly 2x 3tb and have 5 in raidz with the 4tb as a hot spare.
does this sound like a reasonable plan? should i aim to get 2 more 4tb hdds and run 2vdevs with 3x4tb + 3x3tb or 5x3tb + 4tb hot spare?
your expertise is greatly appreciated!
originally i wanted to build a freenas system from spare parts i've had around, but ended up buying several hdds before i knew anything really about freenas
i have 3x3tb hdds and 1 4tb hdd at this time, one of the 3tb hdd i use in my htpc currently so i'll have to migrate all that stuff over to my freenas once it's built, so my question is this, how should i best utilize my hdd space for maximum storage while maintaining redundancy if a drive fails?
i thought about migrating my info to the 4tb hdd then setting up the 3x3tb hdds in raidz and adding the 4tb as a hot spare. by black friday i'd like to get 2 more hdds, possibly 2x 3tb and have 5 in raidz with the 4tb as a hot spare.
does this sound like a reasonable plan? should i aim to get 2 more 4tb hdds and run 2vdevs with 3x4tb + 3x3tb or 5x3tb + 4tb hot spare?
your expertise is greatly appreciated!