*Edit: More concrete system idea now below
Hello everyone
After lots of reading and researching around here I have arrived at some ideas of how to handle my requirements, but am unsure about which pool(s) make sense for me (or whether to use Scale at all?).
Background
Currently, all important data is on a 8x1TB RAID5 managed through a Promise EX8650 in my Desktop computer. The system and associated RAID has been running (not 24/7, but during most days) since 2009. Disks in the RAID have built up over the years but it’s been at the current configuration for 10 years or so.
This is to be replaced. The Desktop should become much slimmer (think mini ITX, single SSD, no GPU), while the storage should be moved to a NAS.
Requirements
Most of my crucial data is photos, music and then some documents, totaling 4.5TB as of now. It will grow, but probably no more than a few hundred GB per year.
Besides this data, I have another 3TB or so of media which I could lose but also need storage for.
Finally, I have 4 TB of media seeding in Deluge (currently on an external hard disk managed by an old Thinkpad T400 running 24/7). I don’t care about losing this at all. Having more storage here would be convenient though. Say, 8TB.
Besides all of this storage, I want the new machine to also take over running
Pool Setup ideas
Given the above, for the crucial stuff I was thinking of
I picked Z1 since I lived with Raid5 for so long and slept rather well, but tell me if this is a terrible idea given modern disk sizes or for any other reason. I suppose the direct alternative is a 5-wide Z2.
I am at a loss on how to handle the rest of the storage. I don’t care about losing the Deluge seed data, and don’t want to lump it in with the above pool because it would create I/O on the disks for data I don’t care about? I could stripe 3x4TB older disks I still have lying around. What I dislike about this
Final notes
Hello everyone
After lots of reading and researching around here I have arrived at some ideas of how to handle my requirements, but am unsure about which pool(s) make sense for me (or whether to use Scale at all?).
Background
Currently, all important data is on a 8x1TB RAID5 managed through a Promise EX8650 in my Desktop computer. The system and associated RAID has been running (not 24/7, but during most days) since 2009. Disks in the RAID have built up over the years but it’s been at the current configuration for 10 years or so.
This is to be replaced. The Desktop should become much slimmer (think mini ITX, single SSD, no GPU), while the storage should be moved to a NAS.
Requirements
Most of my crucial data is photos, music and then some documents, totaling 4.5TB as of now. It will grow, but probably no more than a few hundred GB per year.
Besides this data, I have another 3TB or so of media which I could lose but also need storage for.
Finally, I have 4 TB of media seeding in Deluge (currently on an external hard disk managed by an old Thinkpad T400 running 24/7). I don’t care about losing this at all. Having more storage here would be convenient though. Say, 8TB.
Besides all of this storage, I want the new machine to also take over running
- Deluge (or another torrent client)
- Jellyfin (1 video stream transcoding at a time max, mostly direct play)
- Owncloud
- A yet to be determined VPN
- Maybe Home Assistant, or generally have room for a few more docker containers if something comes up
Pool Setup ideas
Given the above, for the crucial stuff I was thinking of
- Either a 4-wide Z1 without spares, consisting of 12+TB non-NAS disks. This is way more than I need, especially given that at the current price/TB ratios it’s likely I’ll get disks more along the 18TB size. For example I’ve looked at Toshiba MG09/10.
- Or a 5-wide Z1 without spares of 6-8TB NAS drives, such as the Seagate Ironwolf or WD Red, if there is actual value in that. WD REDs for example don’t seem to draw less power despite the lower rpm and the noise is not that important since the system will be sitting in the storage room behind a sliding door.
I picked Z1 since I lived with Raid5 for so long and slept rather well, but tell me if this is a terrible idea given modern disk sizes or for any other reason. I suppose the direct alternative is a 5-wide Z2.
I am at a loss on how to handle the rest of the storage. I don’t care about losing the Deluge seed data, and don’t want to lump it in with the above pool because it would create I/O on the disks for data I don’t care about? I could stripe 3x4TB older disks I still have lying around. What I dislike about this
- I'm going to lose all of the data if just one drive fails, and I have zero use for the speed benefit of the striping here. Can I just use them raw but have them appear as one volume to Deluge for convenience? I know I could set them up as their own pool each.
- I have three additional disks running, taking up room, creating noise and consuming power
Final notes
- I am not dead set on TrueNAS Scale/ZFS but compared to Unraid at least it seemed the better option. Please let me know if you disagree or there is something else I should consider.
- I am aware of this thread that has seems to have somewhat similar requirements
- The initial cost of acquiring the system is not a major consideration, I care more about it not drawing unnecessarily large amounts of power in the hopefully 5-10 years it will run.
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