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byjtownatpunk.net ( 245670 ) writes:
It's definitely more work to set up than a pre-built appliance and I wouldn't use it in a production environment but it has some advantages and works well as my media server. I particularly like that multiple drives developing a few bad sectors won't render the entire array unrecoverable. That's a bit of a concern when combining multi-terabyte consumer level drives. I currently have 20tb of fault-tolerant storage with room for another 6tb before I run out of ports. With more ports and a larger case, I could go up to 40tb.
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bybigdady92 ( 635263 ) writes:
I own this solution. It's downright amazing with the support of the community and the sheer vastness of hardware supported. you cannot go wrong with unRAID.
byafidel ( 530433 ) writes:
The other nice thing about ZFS is L2ARC and ZIL, throw in one or two cheap SSD's and your TB's of cheap storage start to perform like a 5-6 figure array =)
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byjtownatpunk.net ( 245670 ) writes:
OMG! There's something else that's better than what I'm using! My choice is flawed and I should dismantle my array immediately even if it does everything I need! :rolleyes:
byAnonymous Coward writes:
ah good you're learning.
there might be hope for you yet. I'm rooting for you!!
bygorbachev ( 512743 ) writes:
Big fan of unRAID as well.
I set up a box for home this summer. 20-drive max capacity, currently running on 6.
The extensibility of the system was the biggest selling point for me.
byJumperalex ( 185007 ) writes:
Count me another huge unRAID fan. ZFS has its pluses but the one thing it does not have is the dead simple ease with which to add storage capacity. Yes yes yes I've seen how it is done with ZFS, even played with it myself, but it is NOT the same, it is NOT as seamless, it is NOT as simple. With unRAID I add a drive and that is basically it. It just starts saving data to it as if it were a JBOD.
DROBO came out and I thought that was my solution, then I saw the price tag, the speed, the proprietary FS and
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