new production build, whats needed before data is thrown on it?

[aadje93]

Hi guys,

My build is done, the lsi 9211-8i 's are flashed to IT mode (V20) succesfully; now installing freenas itself on my usb sticks (32gb sandisks)

Now my questions;

I have 2 Intel DC S3700 (100gb each) for ZIL/SLOG
i have 2 samsung 840 evo 120gb vor L2ARC
128GB rammn, now 6 4TB drives for a Z2 vdev, which eventually will extend to 24 drives (4 z2 vdevs)

I've read about scrubbing and smart (long/short) tests biweekly, but what else has to be setup before i put my data on the new zpool?

I would like to hear from you asap, got some days off now so i got plenty of time to get my system ready :)

 

[Bidule0hm]

You should follow the burn-in thread ;)

 

[Fuganater]

You should follow the burn-in thread ;)

+1 Be advised that the tests will be quite lengthy on 4TB drives. My 2 TB drives took about 5 days to complete.

 

[Bidule0hm]

Yep, I'm currently at 90 % in 144 hours for a 4 TB drive so it'll be completed in about 159 hours total or a little less than a week, it's long...

 

[aadje93]

thanks for your suggestions, now i'm trying to make the volume, but i'm wondering how do i make a raid 1 and raid 0 for the zil resp l2arc? :)