On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Frank Cusack <fcus...@fcusack.com> wrote:
> On January 23, 2010 8:04:50 AM -0800 "R.G. Keen" <k...@geofex.com> wrote: > >> The answer I came to, perhaps through lack of information and experience, >> is that there isn't a best 1.5tb drive. I decided that 1.5tb is too big, >> and that it's better to use more and smaller devices so I could get to >> raidz3. >> > > Please explain. I don't understand how smaller devices gets you to > raidz3. With smaller devices, you probably have less need for raidz3 > as you have more redundancy? It's the larger drives that forces you > to add more parity. > > -frank Smaller devices get you to raid-z3 because they cost less money. Therefore, you can afford to buy more of them. -- --Tim
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