Currently I have a Freenas server setup with 6 x 3tb WD reds in a raidz2
I am hoping to move this over to a new server that will have 8 bays. What should I do with the other 2 bays?
My first thought was to possibly rebuild whole server as an 8 x 3tb raidz2 but have since read that this is not an optimal configuration :? but still curious about using it anyways.
I started thinking that maybe I could just put the other two 3tb in a mirror configuration. What would this do to my current pool? performance ?reliability?
Would it be best to add this as a mirror in a separate pool instead? Possibly to store snapshots?
I am hoping to move this over to a new server that will have 8 bays. What should I do with the other 2 bays?
My first thought was to possibly rebuild whole server as an 8 x 3tb raidz2 but have since read that this is not an optimal configuration :? but still curious about using it anyways.
I started thinking that maybe I could just put the other two 3tb in a mirror configuration. What would this do to my current pool? performance ?reliability?
Would it be best to add this as a mirror in a separate pool instead? Possibly to store snapshots?