only1miller
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Hi everyone,
So a quick back of the napkin question here - I have a freenas server with 8 4TB drives setup into one raidz2 volume. Now, some very rough calculations would give the machine 32TB of raw storage space to begin with, then subtract 8TB for the raidz2 - leaving 24TB. Again, rough - I know the drives don't give you a full 4TB, but still - when all is said and done, I get barely 20TB of storage space. Seems like I'm missing some space there somewhere. Even with the swap folders, formatting, etc. does 20TB sound right to everyone? I just want to be sure I'm not configuring things incorrectly.
Thanks and apologies if i'm being daft.
-J
So a quick back of the napkin question here - I have a freenas server with 8 4TB drives setup into one raidz2 volume. Now, some very rough calculations would give the machine 32TB of raw storage space to begin with, then subtract 8TB for the raidz2 - leaving 24TB. Again, rough - I know the drives don't give you a full 4TB, but still - when all is said and done, I get barely 20TB of storage space. Seems like I'm missing some space there somewhere. Even with the swap folders, formatting, etc. does 20TB sound right to everyone? I just want to be sure I'm not configuring things incorrectly.
Thanks and apologies if i'm being daft.
-J