July 8Jul 8 I am thinking of installing Unraid on a TerraMaster F6-424 Max. However I want to create a BTRFS array with more than 6 spinning disks. Can I connect USB drives (via the USB3.2 ports) and integrate them in my array? Edited July 8Jul 8 by halloleo Typo
July 8Jul 8 You "can" but USB is not recommended for array or pool devices, USB has a tendency to drop devices and is bad at error handling in general.
July 8Jul 8 Author Good to know, so it would be better to use a drive connected via USB as their own standalone volumes, right? Can they still be proptected via the parity disk?
July 8Jul 8 2 hours ago, halloleo said:Can they still be proptected via the parity disk?No. "Parity disk" implies that it is part of an Array. Pools and Array require an error free connection to all disks, something that can't be guaranteed by USB connected drives.
July 8Jul 8 3 hours ago, halloleo said:so it would be better to use a drive connected via USB as their own standalone volumes, right?Not sure what you mean; USB is not recommended for array or pools, it can be OK with unsigned devices for temporary use, though some users use them in the array or pools without major issues, it can depend on the USB bridge used.
July 9Jul 9 Author 21 hours ago, ConnerVT said:No. "Parity disk" implies that it is part of an Array. Pools and Array require an error free connection to all disks, something that can't be guaranteed by USB connected drives.Thanks for this. That makes it clear.
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