Hey Folks,
I'm planning on building a FreeNAS box for my brother for Xmas and want to keep the cost as low as possible. Cyberjock, I know this is making you sweat already, but don't worry! I'm still going to use a SM motherboard, ECC RAM, and a UPS. This will encompass most of the cost as I already have a PSU and hard drives. Here is the problem: I have 2x WD Green 3tb drives and 2x Seagate 7200RPM 3TB drives. I was thinking of running a 3x3TB RAIDZ1 setup on this machine and if the pool ever detonates I can restore from my server. Is there a problem with mixing 5400RPM and 7200RPM drives? I would like to keep the cost down so buying another drive (of either kind) would be nice, but if I have to bite the bullet I will.
Thanks!
I'm planning on building a FreeNAS box for my brother for Xmas and want to keep the cost as low as possible. Cyberjock, I know this is making you sweat already, but don't worry! I'm still going to use a SM motherboard, ECC RAM, and a UPS. This will encompass most of the cost as I already have a PSU and hard drives. Here is the problem: I have 2x WD Green 3tb drives and 2x Seagate 7200RPM 3TB drives. I was thinking of running a 3x3TB RAIDZ1 setup on this machine and if the pool ever detonates I can restore from my server. Is there a problem with mixing 5400RPM and 7200RPM drives? I would like to keep the cost down so buying another drive (of either kind) would be nice, but if I have to bite the bullet I will.
Thanks!