I built this:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/take-my-money-and-build-it.569/
A quick overview being a norco 4224 box with esxi, nappit running on openindiana vm. 2 x m1015 HBA's with 24 WD Green drives. 4 x z2 6 disk vdevs.
I have run out of space/drives are failing. 3 out of vdevs were created with ashift 9. trying to replace ahsift 9 vdevs with new 4k drives doesnt work.
I have decided to rebuild the box from scratch with WD Red 3tb EARX HDD's. I knew nothing about ashift when i built the first one, so i am wondering what else i have failed to understand before i rebuild it again with ashift 12.
While not ideal i am going to build 2 x z2 6 disks vdevs initially and then add another 2 later on.
The main job for this VM and fileserver in general is media streaming.
So...I plan to replace the 120GB intel SSD with a samsung 840 Pro at the same time, this hol;ds all the VM's.
I presently dont have any ZIL or L2ARC. Considering the job of this box would you recommend one or the other or both?
What else do i need to consider before the laborious process of transferring TB's of data back on it?
Cheers.
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/take-my-money-and-build-it.569/
A quick overview being a norco 4224 box with esxi, nappit running on openindiana vm. 2 x m1015 HBA's with 24 WD Green drives. 4 x z2 6 disk vdevs.
I have run out of space/drives are failing. 3 out of vdevs were created with ashift 9. trying to replace ahsift 9 vdevs with new 4k drives doesnt work.
I have decided to rebuild the box from scratch with WD Red 3tb EARX HDD's. I knew nothing about ashift when i built the first one, so i am wondering what else i have failed to understand before i rebuild it again with ashift 12.
While not ideal i am going to build 2 x z2 6 disks vdevs initially and then add another 2 later on.
The main job for this VM and fileserver in general is media streaming.
So...I plan to replace the 120GB intel SSD with a samsung 840 Pro at the same time, this hol;ds all the VM's.
I presently dont have any ZIL or L2ARC. Considering the job of this box would you recommend one or the other or both?
What else do i need to consider before the laborious process of transferring TB's of data back on it?
Cheers.