Miles Nordin writes: >>>>>> "mh" == Matt Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > mh> http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-zfs-hardware/ > > that's very helpful. I'll reshop for nForce 570 boards. i think my > untested guess was an nForce 630 or something, so it probably won't > work. > > I would add: > > 1. do not get three disks all from the same manufacturer > > 2. get four disks and do raidz2. > > In addition to increasing MTTF, this is good because if you need > to leave in a hurry, you can grab two of the disks and still leave > behind a working file server. I think this is important for home > setups. > I'd use mirrors rather than raidz2. You should see better performance and you really can grab two of the disks and still leave behind a working file server!
> 3. burn in the raidset for at least one month before trusting the > disks to not all fail simultaneously. > Has anyone ever seen this happen for real? I seriously doubt it will happen with new drives. Ian _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
