May 22, 20224 yr I'm in the process of designing my first server that is mainly going to be for plex. I saw a special on some 18TB HDDs and was planning on starting with two of them (one being a parity drive). Is there anything wrong with starting out that way? I also am trying to decide if getting a motherboard with 8 SATA ports vs 6 SATA ports is worth it vs getting a M2 to SATA card down the road (especially if I plan on purchasing large capacity HDDs in the future). Any guidance would be helpful. Thank you very much in advance.
May 22, 20224 yr I always recommend fewer larger drives instead of more smaller drives. More drives require more hardware, more power, at some point more license. Each drive is an additional point of failure. Larger drives typically perform better than smaller drives due to increased data density.
May 22, 20224 yr Author Do you have any experience with the M2 to SATA boards or should I just go with an 8 SATA port board and future-proof things?
May 26, 20224 yr Here's some stuff I could think of. Small drives: Pros Shorter parity check times Shorter rebuild times More distributed files (less chance of thrashing) Cons Louder More power hungry Slower read/write speeds Large drives: Pros Quieter Less power hungry Faster read/write speeds Cons Shorter parity check times Longer rebuild times Less distributed files (more chance of thrashing)
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