July 31, 20214 yr I still don't quite understand exactly how the parity system in Unraid works. I have 8 5TB drives. I was planning on putting 6 of them into the main array, and then 2 of them into parity 1 and parity 2. Is this the proper way to set it up, then if any of the 6 main drives fail, the parity still covers the entire array?
July 31, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, elchorizo said: if any of the 6 main drives fail, the parity still covers the entire array? Not precisely. If any TWO of the main drives fail they can be emulated and rebuilt. Parity encompasses all the drives, it requires the remaining drives to emulate the missing drives.
July 31, 20214 yr Author 1 minute ago, jonathanm said: Not precisely. If any TWO of the main drives fail they can be emulated and rebuilt. Parity encompasses all the drives, it requires the remaining drives to emulate the missing drives. OK, that is perfectly fine. Thank you!
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