Hey everyone. My original setup was 2 separate zpools:
- Slow Data: 3x 4TB HDDs in raidz1
- Fast Data: 2x 500GB SSDs mirrored
I've now greatly expanded my capacity for HDDs and created a zpool for backups:
- Primary data: 8x 4TB HDDs in raidz2
- Backup data: 3x 14TB HDDs in raidz1
I also found a few extra SSDs I had lying around, this is now all of the SSDs that I have:
I'm tying to decide the best way to split my SSDs to get the best use out of them. While I know it's not the most ideal setup, the budget has been stretched thin and this is what I've got. Here's what I'm thinking:
- Create a special vdev for metadata for my primary data pool with all 4 SSDs in raidz2
- Create a "Fast Data" zpool like I had before
- split the 1TB SSD in half, create 1 vdev with 3x 500GB raidz1 and create another 500GB mirror. Could use 2 vdevs for "Fast Data" or 1 each for special vdev and "Fast Data" separately
Anyone have a good idea of the best use of my SSDs? ideally I don't want the extra 500GB of the 1TB to sit unused, but i'm able to be convinced if there's a solid reason/use-case.