garycase Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 You can already mirror your parity drive by just using a RAID controller to create a mirrored volume; then assign that as the parity drive. But a mirrored parity only provides extra protection for that ONE drive -- it doesn't provide any additional protection for your data, just for the parity drive. So if you have a dual-drive failure, then you'll not lose any data IF one of those failed drives is one of the parity drives; but otherwise nothing changes. Quote Link to comment
vanstinator Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 +1 for two disk parity. I would love having that little extra layer of redundancy. My NAS currently exists as a media store which isn't the easiest thing in the world to backup. I'd gladly spend money on an additional drive if it meant increasing the odds of surviving drive failures. Quote Link to comment
ootuoyetahi Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 +1 for dual parity. This is a must feature! Quote Link to comment
Brucey7 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 +1 for dual parity. This is a must feature! Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 +1 for dual parity. This is a must feature! +1 for dual parity. This is a must feature! ;D Extra redundancy for the win!!! Quote Link to comment
TSM Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The response to this request in the past has always been Limetech saying it would be a lot of work, and "helpful" folks on the forum arguing it's not needed. I don't know how much work it would be on Limetech's part to implement this, but to me at least it would seem like a better use of their time to develop, than many other features that have been added since this was first requested. I'd even be willing to purchase an upgraded license version to get this feature. A Pro-Advanced or a Super-Pro license maybe. And I haven't given Limetech any money since 2008, but yet I've enjoyed the benefits of their work through several upgrade cycles for the past 7 years. I'm wondering how many other people would be willing to pay for an upgrade like this as well. A scenario like that might make it more worthwhile for them to spend their time on development, by adding a potential revenue stream from people who already purchased a pro license long ago. And the people who don't think it's needed, well they don't have to buy it. Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I'm wondering how many other people would be willing to pay for an upgrade like this as well. A scenario like that might make it more worthwhile for them to spend their time on development, by adding a potential revenue stream from people who already purchased a pro license long ago. I am, and I have purchased licenses for spare USB keys to help fund the current development stream even though I don't need them. I suppose the proof is in the pudding. People who want to fund the effort will need to make it known. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I'm wondering how many other people would be willing to pay for an upgrade like this as well. A scenario like that might make it more worthwhile for them to spend their time on development, by adding a potential revenue stream from people who already purchased a pro license long ago. I am, and I have purchased licenses for spare USB keys to help fund the current development stream even though I don't need them. I suppose the proof is in the pudding. People who want to fund the effort will need to make it known. I have purchased licenses for spare usb keys that I have not redeemed in the many years I have been running unraid to fund development efforts. I also contribute significant time on the forums to help the community which contributes to their product. There are many like Weebotech and myself who have already contributed significantly to fund the project in various ways, such as all the moderators, all the addon developers wether it be plugins or dockers, and all the addon service providers who support unraid. Quote Link to comment
sparklyballs Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The response to this request in the past has always been Limetech saying it would be a lot of work, and "helpful" folks on the forum arguing it's not needed. I don't know how much work it would be on Limetech's part to implement this, but to me at least it would seem like a better use of their time to develop, than many other features that have been added since this was first requested. I'd even be willing to purchase an upgraded license version to get this feature. A Pro-Advanced or a Super-Pro license maybe. And I haven't given Limetech any money since 2008, but yet I've enjoyed the benefits of their work through several upgrade cycles for the past 7 years. I'm wondering how many other people would be willing to pay for an upgrade like this as well. A scenario like that might make it more worthwhile for them to spend their time on development, by adding a potential revenue stream from people who already purchased a pro license long ago. And the people who don't think it's needed, well they don't have to buy it. I'd pay extra for something like that, for that extra little peace of mind. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I would probably pay to have the capability available whether I ever used it or not. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I too would pay to have that additional feature. Would I use it immediately? Probably not unless I combined my two servers into one. Currently the absolutely must have data is backed up on both servers, my main desktop, and DVD's. But, with everyone now talking about paying extra, it might be worth it to note Tom's comment on this a while ago: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=34427.msg323604#msg323604 That being said, the path which limetech has chosen (finishing off other nas core features) has to be finished first. Otherwise we are going to wind up in a never ending beta cycle with nothing but half finished features. Perhaps a poll should be opened to try and gauge how many people would pay, and additionally how much extra they would pay Quote Link to comment
TSM Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I'm wondering how many other people would be willing to pay for an upgrade like this as well. A scenario like that might make it more worthwhile for them to spend their time on development, by adding a potential revenue stream from people who already purchased a pro license long ago. I am, and I have purchased licenses for spare USB keys to help fund the current development stream even though I don't need them. I suppose the proof is in the pudding. People who want to fund the effort will need to make it known. I have purchased licenses for spare usb keys that I have not redeemed in the many years I have been running unraid to fund development efforts. I also contribute significant time on the forums to help the community which contributes to their product. There are many like Weebotech and myself who have already contributed significantly to fund the project in various ways, such as all the moderators, all the addon developers wether it be plugins or dockers, and all the addon service providers who support unraid. I think you may have misunderstood the intent of my comments. I want dual parity, and am willing to pay a reasonable amount of money to get it. That's all I was trying to say. Quote Link to comment
Brucey7 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I've already said I would pay for dual-parity. I can think of other features that folks might pay for too. Like support for more than 25 drives, & multiple 10GbE connections with multiple hot-swap arrays. The doors that opens for limetech in the business world are staggering. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I think I would prefer to have multiple smaller arrays / pools instead of just dual parity. That way I could have 1 parity drive for every 4 data drives. This would show as a 4 array setup in a 20 drive system, with each segment (array/pool) capable of sustaining a single drive failure without losing of data. Quote Link to comment
TSM Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I too would pay to have that additional feature. Would I use it immediately? Probably not unless I combined my two servers into one. Currently the absolutely must have data is backed up on both servers, my main desktop, and DVD's. But, with everyone now talking about paying extra, it might be worth it to note Tom's comment on this a while ago: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=34427.msg323604#msg323604 That being said, the path which limetech has chosen (finishing off other nas core features) has to be finished first. Otherwise we are going to wind up in a never ending beta cycle with nothing but half finished features. Perhaps a poll should be opened to try and gauge how many people would pay, and additionally how much extra they would pay I agree completely, and I don't think they should drop the items that are in the current development pipeline to work on this. But adding it to "next in line" in the pipeline wouldn't be too bad. I'd pay up to $100 or so. That's probably more than what other people would want to pay, but it's a feature I really want. Quote Link to comment
BetaQuasi Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 This is also my most wanted feature, and I would be willing to pay for it. Quote Link to comment
Brucey7 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think I would prefer to have multiple smaller arrays / pools instead of just dual parity. That way I could have 1 parity drive for every 4 data drives. This would show as a 4 array setup in a 20 drive system, with each segment (array/pool) capable of sustaining a single drive failure without losing of data. There is a disadvantage with this, 2 drives failing in the same array is likely to mean half your data is lost and at best 25% of your data is lost. If you had dual parity across 20 drives, and 2 drives failed, you would not lose any data, additionally, you would be sacrificing only 2 drives rather than 4 for parity protection. Statistically speaking, the likelihood of a drive failing is when it is most stressed, one of the times the drive is most stressed is when you are rebuilding a disk or doing a parity check. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think I would prefer to have multiple smaller arrays / pools instead of just dual parity. That way I could have 1 parity drive for every 4 data drives. This would show as a 4 array setup in a 20 drive system, with each segment (array/pool) capable of sustaining a single drive failure without losing of data. There is a disadvantage with this, 2 drives failing in the same array is likely to mean half your data is lost and at best 25% of your data is lost. If you had dual parity across 20 drives, and 2 drives failed, you would not lose any data, additionally, you would be sacrificing only 2 drives rather than 4 for parity protection. Statistically speaking, the likelihood of a drive failing is when it is most stressed, one of the times the drive is most stressed is when you are rebuilding a disk or doing a parity check. No. Dont play with statistics. Percentages hide the real value. A 2 drive failure within 1 pool still only means 2 drives of data is lost. A 4 drive failure where only 1 drive per pool fails means NO loss of data at all. That is an infinite times better than your situation of losing 4 drives in your dual parity setup which at best is losing of 2 drives of data with 2 drives of parity and at worse losing 4 drives worth of data. Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think I would prefer to have multiple smaller arrays / pools instead of just dual parity. That way I could have 1 parity drive for every 4 data drives. This would show as a 4 array setup in a 20 drive system, with each segment (array/pool) capable of sustaining a single drive failure without losing of data. This is what I did. I remember having a 25 driver server and trying to lift it in a emergency. No way will I do that again. Now I have 4 servers, 3 micros 1 medium sized. I also don't use drives that are too old. Quote Link to comment
Brucey7 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think I would prefer to have multiple smaller arrays / pools instead of just dual parity. That way I could have 1 parity drive for every 4 data drives. This would show as a 4 array setup in a 20 drive system, with each segment (array/pool) capable of sustaining a single drive failure without losing of data. There is a disadvantage with this, 2 drives failing in the same array is likely to mean half your data is lost and at best 25% of your data is lost. If you had dual parity across 20 drives, and 2 drives failed, you would not lose any data, additionally, you would be sacrificing only 2 drives rather than 4 for parity protection. Statistically speaking, the likelihood of a drive failing is when it is most stressed, one of the times the drive is most stressed is when you are rebuilding a disk or doing a parity check. No. Dont play with statistics. Percentages hide the real value. A 2 drive failure within 1 pool still only means 2 drives of data is lost. A 4 drive failure where only 1 drive per pool fails means NO loss of data at all. That is an infinite times better than your situation of losing 4 drives in your dual parity setup which at best is losing of 2 drives of data with 2 drives of parity and at worse losing 4 drives worth of data. I am sorry, but you are wrong. The chance of a second drive failing during a rebuild is significant. If you took the same 20 drive set up and had 4 disks as quadruple parity, it is *MUCH* less likely to lose any data than 4 pools of 4D+1P. I am not proposing Quad Parity, but to take your example, 4 sets of 4D+1P is *MUCH* worse than 2 sets of 8D+2P. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The chance of a second drive failing during a rebuild is significant. If you took the same 20 drive set up and had 4 disks as quadruple parity, it is *MUCH* less likely to lose any data than 4 pools of 4D+1P. I am not proposing Quad Parity, but to take your example, 4 sets of 4D+1P is *MUCH* worse than 2 sets of 8D+2P. I was going off the premise of having Dual Parity -or- MultiArray within the same server. Not having BOTH available. Of course if both was available, you'd have to be a fool not to select both. Quote Link to comment
Brucey7 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I can see the commercial implications of multiple arrays in the same box, especially, if they are individually hot swappable. Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I was going off the premise of having Dual Parity -or- MultiArray within the same server. Not having BOTH available. Of course if both was available, you'd have to be a fool not to select both. I want (will pay for) both. Quote Link to comment
Brucey7 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Perhaps a poll of what people would be prepared to pay for DP might help in the roadmap? Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I had suggested a crowdfund campaign, goFundme or something of that order. My thought was, that might make it worth while and provide incentive. I don't know what the logistics are of doing it that way, was just an idea. Imagine that, guaranteed license sales for those who purchase via some campaign. They're not keen on the idea at this point. Quote Link to comment
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