Hi Folks!
I need an advise on how to proceed. I am on the edge of my free space and I would like to upgrade.
Option 1:
8x 8TB Sata WD Red in raid Z2 gives me 31.7 TiB usable space for 2080 euro
Option 2:
6x 10TB Sata WD red in Raid Z2 gives me 27.9 TiB usable space for 2064 euro
I have this adapter flashed to it mode. Means I can only connect up to 8 drives.
https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9207-8i#specifications
Benefit option1:
most probably faster than option 2
better ratio price/usable space
Benefit option2:
less power consumption
less noise
2 ports free
since I plan to go with esxi in the future option 2 would be great to have 2 SSDs connected to the freenas VM to use them for jails. But i am not sure how much difference in view of performance i have at the 2 options.
What option would you prefer and why?
I need an advise on how to proceed. I am on the edge of my free space and I would like to upgrade.
Option 1:
8x 8TB Sata WD Red in raid Z2 gives me 31.7 TiB usable space for 2080 euro
Option 2:
6x 10TB Sata WD red in Raid Z2 gives me 27.9 TiB usable space for 2064 euro
I have this adapter flashed to it mode. Means I can only connect up to 8 drives.
https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9207-8i#specifications
Benefit option1:
most probably faster than option 2
better ratio price/usable space
Benefit option2:
less power consumption
less noise
2 ports free
since I plan to go with esxi in the future option 2 would be great to have 2 SSDs connected to the freenas VM to use them for jails. But i am not sure how much difference in view of performance i have at the 2 options.
What option would you prefer and why?
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