Sounds like a plan Ketih. And the additional need for a SLOG (like ZeusRam) is def. not required because of my pool being set as sync=disabled ?
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Keith Wesolowski < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 08:06:54PM +0200, Ibrahim Tachijian wrote: > > > We are planning on purchasing 12x 4TB disks. Using 1 or maximum of 2 as > > hot-spares. We are going to aim for a mirror setup, however we are unsure > > which setup is going to give the best performance for our use case. > > > > 10x4TB HDDs 5 vdevs (2 disks in each vdev). > > 9x4TB HDDs 3 vdevs (3disks in each vdev). > > 10x4TB HDDs in 2 vdevs (5 drives in each vdev). > > > > Which of the above mentioned configuration would be the best for our > > scenario? > > I honestly don't even know if 5-way mirroring is supported, but given > your use case, there's no reason to do it. Just do 5x2-way with 2 > spares and call it done. You should be overspecified for the > performance you need, and you'll have extra capacity as well. 3x3 > doesn't get you to your 15 TB requirement. > -- Ibrahim Tachijian ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
