Hi. I built unraid server as it should be (from parts laying around in my lab).

 

My question:

At the moment I have two 10TB drives, one data and one parity.

Is this single parity disk OK for adding another data drives with capacity less than 10TB (e.g. another three 4TB drives).

I have spare 0,5TB SSD. Is there any sense adding this as cache drive? This could just fill the 6-drive licence limit

 

Main use is for backups (VMs from homelab, family photos & PCs/laptops).

 

Thanks.

Marko

3 hours ago, s54mtb said:

parity disk OK for adding another data drives with capacity less than 10TB (e.g. another three 4TB drives)

Yes 

 

3 hours ago, s54mtb said:

0,5TB SSD. Is there any sense adding this as cache drive

Yes