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From: Richard Bradfield <bradfier@×××××.me>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 09:53:03
Message-Id: 1512640375.1412595.1197046296.535FF6C0@webmail.messagingengine.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6 by Frank Steinmetzger
1 On Thu, 7 Dec 2017, at 09:28, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
2 > > I incorporated ZFS' expansion inflexibility into my planned
3 > > maintenance/servicing budget.
4 >
5 > What was the conclusion? That having no more free slots meant that you
6 > can just as well use the inflexible Raidz, otherwise would have gone with
7 > Mirror?
8
9 Correct, I had gone back and forth between RaidZ2 and a pair of Mirrors.
10 I needed the space to be extendable, but I calculated my usage growth
11 to be below the rate at which drive prices were falling, so I could
12 budget to replace the current set of drives in 3 years, and that
13 would buy me a set of bigger ones when the time came.
14
15 I did also investigate USB3 external enclosures, they're pretty
16 fast these days.
17
18 --
19 I apologize if my web client has mangled my message.
20 Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6 Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6 Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>