thetraveller333
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I just received the last of the components and I'll be attempting a boot up in a few days. This is my setup:
Case: Antec Nine hundred, ATX Mid tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Mother board: ASUS P8Z77-V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131820
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 77W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016
Hot Swap drive cages: 3X iStarUSA 3X5.25in to 4X3.5in SAS/SATA, model #BPN-DE340SS-Blue
http://www.directron.com/bpnde340ssblue.html
USB stick for OS: Patriot Supersonic Boost XT 8GB USB 2.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220652
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB, dual channel kit DDR3 1600 MHZ
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004E0ZKLQ/?tag=ozlp-20
Hard Drives: 12X WD 3TB Red
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344
Host Bus Adapter: LSI 9201-16i, PCIe 2.0X8 SATA/SAS HBA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118142
I'm considering the following configurations and I would love some comments.
I'm not concerned with performance, as much as reliability of data. If option A or B is possible, then I would increase my reliability.... I think.
I would appreciate any advice you could offer.
Option A: 2 Zpools with 1 VDEV each and mirror the 2 Zpools. (total avail. = 12 TB)
Zpool #1 = 1 VDEV of 6 drives in RAID-Z2
Zpool #2 = 1 VDEV of 6 drives in RAID-Z2
Zpool #1 and Zpool #2 are mirrored
Option B: 1 Zpool with 2 VDEV and mirror the 2 VDEVs. (total avail. = 12 TB)
Zpool #1 = VDEV1 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2 and VDEV2 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2, with the 2 VDEVs mirrored.
Option C: 1 Zpool with 2 VDEV but don’t mirror the 2 VDEVs. (total avail. = 24 TB)
Zpool #1 = VDEV1 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2 and VDEV2 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2.
Case: Antec Nine hundred, ATX Mid tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Mother board: ASUS P8Z77-V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131820
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 77W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016
Hot Swap drive cages: 3X iStarUSA 3X5.25in to 4X3.5in SAS/SATA, model #BPN-DE340SS-Blue
http://www.directron.com/bpnde340ssblue.html
USB stick for OS: Patriot Supersonic Boost XT 8GB USB 2.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220652
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB, dual channel kit DDR3 1600 MHZ
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004E0ZKLQ/?tag=ozlp-20
Hard Drives: 12X WD 3TB Red
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344
Host Bus Adapter: LSI 9201-16i, PCIe 2.0X8 SATA/SAS HBA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118142
I'm considering the following configurations and I would love some comments.
I'm not concerned with performance, as much as reliability of data. If option A or B is possible, then I would increase my reliability.... I think.
I would appreciate any advice you could offer.
Option A: 2 Zpools with 1 VDEV each and mirror the 2 Zpools. (total avail. = 12 TB)
Zpool #1 = 1 VDEV of 6 drives in RAID-Z2
Zpool #2 = 1 VDEV of 6 drives in RAID-Z2
Zpool #1 and Zpool #2 are mirrored
Option B: 1 Zpool with 2 VDEV and mirror the 2 VDEVs. (total avail. = 12 TB)
Zpool #1 = VDEV1 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2 and VDEV2 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2, with the 2 VDEVs mirrored.
Option C: 1 Zpool with 2 VDEV but don’t mirror the 2 VDEVs. (total avail. = 24 TB)
Zpool #1 = VDEV1 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2 and VDEV2 of 6 drives in RAID-Z2.