▲ 45 ▼ Can I use two different drives? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments I am building a NAS in RAID 1 (Mirror) mode. Should I buy 2 of the same drive from the same manufacturer? or does it not matter so much?
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) When using drives from the same model and batch? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago Yup. Same age, same design, same failures... and array rebuilds are super intense workloads that often force a lot of random reads and run the drive at 100% load for many hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard just in general. The resilvering process is hard on all the remaining drives for an extended period of time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're saying I should be running RAIDz2 instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I made that switch a few years ago for that reason. That said, as the saying goes, RAID is not a backup, it should never be the thing that stands between you having and losing all your data. RAID is effectively just one really dependable hard drive, but it's still a single point of failure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you're saying I should be running JBOD with backups instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 🤭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago As long as you're ok with it being way less dependable, and having to rebuild it from scratch more often 😉. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago Yup. Same age, same design, same failures... and array rebuilds are super intense workloads that often force a lot of random reads and run the drive at 100% load for many hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard just in general. The resilvering process is hard on all the remaining drives for an extended period of time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're saying I should be running RAIDz2 instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I made that switch a few years ago for that reason. That said, as the saying goes, RAID is not a backup, it should never be the thing that stands between you having and losing all your data. RAID is effectively just one really dependable hard drive, but it's still a single point of failure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you're saying I should be running JBOD with backups instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 🤭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago As long as you're ok with it being way less dependable, and having to rebuild it from scratch more often 😉. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're saying I should be running RAIDz2 instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I made that switch a few years ago for that reason. That said, as the saying goes, RAID is not a backup, it should never be the thing that stands between you having and losing all your data. RAID is effectively just one really dependable hard drive, but it's still a single point of failure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you're saying I should be running JBOD with backups instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 🤭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago As long as you're ok with it being way less dependable, and having to rebuild it from scratch more often 😉. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I made that switch a few years ago for that reason. That said, as the saying goes, RAID is not a backup, it should never be the thing that stands between you having and losing all your data. RAID is effectively just one really dependable hard drive, but it's still a single point of failure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you're saying I should be running JBOD with backups instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 🤭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago As long as you're ok with it being way less dependable, and having to rebuild it from scratch more often 😉. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So you're saying I should be running JBOD with backups instead of RAIDz1? You're probably right. 🤭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago As long as you're ok with it being way less dependable, and having to rebuild it from scratch more often 😉. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago As long as you're ok with it being way less dependable, and having to rebuild it from scratch more often 😉. permalink fedilink source parent