November 26, 20223 yr Hi folks, I have 3 Exos X14 hard drives coming. Currently, I have 6x SAS 3TB drives (1 of those is parity). Should just use the X14 drives exclusively or keep the 3TB ones running also? Pros vs Cons?
November 26, 20223 yr More drives means more power and more independents points of failures. You can always keep the 3TBs and add them back later when you need the space (if they have no problem). If you go this way, I would advise to do an extended SMART test on each of the 3TB to know their health before storing them.
November 26, 20223 yr Author Thanks for the advice. That's what I'll do, I'll take the 3tb drives out. They have low hours on them and if I need them and I'll put one or two in until I can get more 14tb drives. I'll try to sell the rest for peanuts.
November 26, 20223 yr Or you could use them on a Pool if you have an use case that works for a Pool of HDDs. Or even use them on a backup server that runs occasionally.
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