August 25, 20241 yr Hello. So, I’m planning to move my server from Open Media Vault to Unraid, for a number of reasons…anyways, here’s how I’m planning to setup the system to be expandable, see if it makes sense of it would be better to configure storage somehow differently… I’ll use a motherboard with 8x SATA connectors, 4 NVME slots, 10gbe&2.5gbe LAN and dual Thunderbolt 4. i5 12th processor and 32gb RAM with ECC 1x 4TB HDD 2x 3TB HDD (already have them, that’s why…) 1x 2TB NVME 1x 512gb NVME 1x 3TB external HDD So the set up would be: - the 4TB as parity and the 2x 3TB as array (6TB storage). All BTRFS. - 512gb NVME as cache in a single pool. BTRFS - 2TB NVME as single pool (will be for photography, storage and editing) BTRFS. - 3TB external drive for nightly backups of the array. exFAT via Unassigen Devices so I can easily acces data in case of server failure in any system, Linux, Windows or Mac. All connected straight to my MacBook via direct Thunderbolt connection for best possible photo&video editing speeds and to the home network via the NICs… Sounds about right or could be better? With time I can expan the storage as needed… Thanks for you inputs! Edited August 25, 20241 yr by Botafoguense1965
August 25, 20241 yr That should work. I think you will find that most people use XFS for array drives thou as some have had issues with BTRFS in the array. BTRFS works great for pools, ZFS also an option for pools which also allows easy snapshots to be taken with ZFS Master plugin.
August 25, 20241 yr Author Solution 38 minutes ago, Gragorg said: That should work. I think you will find that most people use XFS for array drives thou as some have had issues with BTRFS in the array. BTRFS works great for pools, ZFS also an option for pools which also allows easy snapshots to be taken with ZFS Master plugin. Humm…XFS vs BTRFS is one doubt I have…seems like snapshots is a good thing to have (though I never used it…) but as I plan to to backups every night I’m not sure I really need it, and how much stability I’ll be compromising for it…something to consider…thanks for the input!
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