Chassis/Raid advise

[trumee]

Hi,

I have a Supermicro X10sl7-f motherboard and trying to buy an appropriate chassis for it. I have narrowed down to Rosewill chassis which give me these configurations:


Rosewill RSV-L4500 (15 bays): 2x(4+2) with 3 spares in RAID Z2
Rosewill RSV-L4500 (15 bays): 2x(6+1) with 1 spare in RAID Z1

Rosewill RSV-L4412 (12 bays): 2x(4+2) with no spare in RAID Z2
Rosewill RSV-L4412 (12 bays): 2x(4+1) with 2 spares in RAID Z1

Which configuration is optimal from the above or should it be something else?

Thanks

 

[SweetAndLow]

Don't use active spare drives unless the system is not physical accessible.

Option 3 is probably best.

 

[Mirfster]

Just curious, but is a 4U case really needed? That seems like a whole lot of real estate for only 12 - 15 drives... Aside from that I'd have to agree with going with the 2x(4+2) with no spare in RAID Z2.

 

[trumee]

4U is needed to reduce the noise and provide better cooling.