Hey,
at the moment I have 12 x 300 Gb SAS drives set up in 2 stripped vdevs, each with a RaidZ configuration.
This pool serves web sites, meaning it's full of lots of small files (PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, images, etc).
At the moment I'm using less then 50% of the storage, so I don't really have to rush into buying new disks, but I would like to improve performance.
So one option I see easy (assuming budget allows) to do, is to buy an extra set of 6 (same) drives, and stripe them, so eventually I will have 3 x 6 drive RaidZ.
would this make any improvement?
another option would be to get the same 6 new drives, and create a better configuration of the pool. something with mirrors probably, and assuming space fits the current usage, move everything to the new pool, and then add the rest of the 12 drives in a similar setup.
any suggestions?
MtK
at the moment I have 12 x 300 Gb SAS drives set up in 2 stripped vdevs, each with a RaidZ configuration.
This pool serves web sites, meaning it's full of lots of small files (PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, images, etc).
At the moment I'm using less then 50% of the storage, so I don't really have to rush into buying new disks, but I would like to improve performance.
So one option I see easy (assuming budget allows) to do, is to buy an extra set of 6 (same) drives, and stripe them, so eventually I will have 3 x 6 drive RaidZ.
would this make any improvement?
another option would be to get the same 6 new drives, and create a better configuration of the pool. something with mirrors probably, and assuming space fits the current usage, move everything to the new pool, and then add the rest of the 12 drives in a similar setup.
any suggestions?
MtK