Hi all.
Gotta choose new drives for home. Looking at 10+TB in RAID6 (RAID Z2) pool. Will be happy to get more, but not less then that. Have LSI3008 passed through to VM for that.
I see that some people recommended 2.5" drives: cheaper, can have more drives in same space. I guess they run cooler also. Or I can go with bigger 3.5" drives. It will be pretty packed workstation then, but hopefully I can cool em down.
I can fit only 6x.3.5" drives. Or I can stick to 2.5" drives: easier to cool, leaves me more space in a case. Easier to work with. and so on.
Another option: is 2-3 big 3.5" drives. 10Tb for example. In RAID1: That way I don't have to deal with RAIDZ or anything like that.
What would be your choice?
Gotta choose new drives for home. Looking at 10+TB in RAID6 (RAID Z2) pool. Will be happy to get more, but not less then that. Have LSI3008 passed through to VM for that.
I see that some people recommended 2.5" drives: cheaper, can have more drives in same space. I guess they run cooler also. Or I can go with bigger 3.5" drives. It will be pretty packed workstation then, but hopefully I can cool em down.
I can fit only 6x.3.5" drives. Or I can stick to 2.5" drives: easier to cool, leaves me more space in a case. Easier to work with. and so on.
Another option: is 2-3 big 3.5" drives. 10Tb for example. In RAID1: That way I don't have to deal with RAIDZ or anything like that.
What would be your choice?