FreeNAS 11.2-BETA2 & RAID 10

[DeletedUser080302028]

Was support for creating RAID 10-like pools removed in FreeNAS 11.2? The only options when creating a four-disk pool are stripe, mirror, RAIDZ1 or RAIDZ2.

 

[Mihalich]

Create two mirrors first and then combine them into a stripe.

 

[DeletedUser080302028]

Where in the GUI do I find the option for this?

 

[Redcoat]

Where in the GUI do I find the option for this?

Volume Manager - maybe read Manual section 8.1.1 for the pertinent information.

 

[DeletedUser080302028]

Volume Manager - maybe read Manual section 8.1.1 for the pertinent information.

I'm running FreeNAS 11.2-BETA2 and going off the documentation for that release. Section 9.1.1 gives no directive on creating a RAID 10-like pool. There's also no option in the GUI to create a stripe of newly-created mirrors.

 

[Redcoat]

There's also no option in the GUI to create a stripe of newly-created mirrors.

Make the mirrors, use the information in 8.1.1.4

• to extend a ZFS mirror, add the same number of drives. The resulting striped mirror is a RAID 10. For example, if ten new drives are available, a mirror of two drives could be created initially, then extended by creating another mirror of two drives, and repeating three more times until all ten drives have been added.

 

[cobrakiller58]

I'm running FreeNAS 11.2-BETA2 and going off the documentation for that release. Section 9.1.1 gives no directive on creating a RAID 10-like pool. There's also no option in the GUI to create a stripe of newly-created mirrors.

9.1.1 does indeed provide the information you need. You can create each VDEV one by one when building a pool by using the add data button next to the cancel button. Then you can place which ever drives you have available in each VDEV

 

[cpaquin]

I am trying to do the same thing with 8 600gb SAS drives. I can configure a 4 drive stripe in each vdev, but I cannot find a mechanism to mirror the two vdevs.

 

[Mihalich]

I am trying to do the same thing with 8 600gb SAS drives. I can configure a 4 drive stripe in each vdev, but I cannot find a mechanism to mirror the two vdevs.

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/freenas-11-2-beta2-raid-10.69750/#post-480294

 

[garm]

I am trying to do the same thing with 8 600gb SAS drives. I can configure a 4 drive stripe in each vdev, but I cannot find a mechanism to mirror the two vdevs.

Vdevs can’t be mirrored, you mirror drives in a vdev and stripe the vdevs

 

[cobrakiller58]

I am trying to do the same thing with 8 600gb SAS drives. I can configure a 4 drive stripe in each vdev, but I cannot find a mechanism to mirror the two vdevs.

So you were trying to make a RAID 01-like pool which I have never seen done in ZFS