Need some help on hardware

[maha]

Hi!

 

After using proxmox for a while, i deciede to try unraid, mainly because docker was a pain in the ass for an average user.

Booted unraid and wow easy peasy!

But i would like to make the most of my current hardware.

I have a mini server, intented to run home assistant, node-red, mqtt, etc.. and nvr(frigate).

 

My current setup is:
DeskMini H470 Series - barebone
32 gb ram
10 gen - i5

and now the issue - storage.
I have a 2tb nvme ssd mounted.
other then that i have 2 2.5 inch slots, where there currently is a 120gb ssd in one of them, and the other one is unused.

 

Under the given circumstances what would be a prefferable configuration?

i'm willing to invest in two 2.5 inch drives, but should is be ssd for hdd?

What should i set as Parity, disk or cache?

[WETAFROMAN]

Typical rule of thumb you want to keep the parity and array disk HDD and only use SSD for Cache. 

[maha]

I have been investigating a bit further.

I'm considering two WD Red Plus 2.5" 1TB.

One as parity and one as disk.

Then use my nvme as cache drive.

I'm a bit concernd about what kind of read and write speeds i would get?

That said the server won't be used for much stoarge. It will mainly running docker and maybe 1-2 vm's.

So is it corretly understod that my dockers would be running of the cache?

[ChatNoir]

14 minutes ago, maha said:

So is it corretly understod that my dockers would be running of the cache?

If you set it that way, yes.

It is advised to run it from SSDs (either SATA or NVMe), so a pool is generally preferred.