Hi guys,
So I've I finally got our new office lab server connected. The spec on it is:
Dell R730XD
x2 E5-2620 v3
128GB of RAM
x24 intel DC s3500 1.6TB SSD
I will need it as VM storage for (probably) our XCP-NG servers (as Broadcom will probably butcher the VMWare pricing). We will be using NFS as XCP-NG doesn't support thin provisioning in iscsi. The storage network (TrueNAS + all servers) are connected via DAC cables to a 10GBe switch.
Now my question is this:
As this is a full SSD RAID, what would be my best option regarding the disk setup? Obviously mirrored vdevs are the way to go if I want only performance, but unfortunately I do need to balance my capacity as well. (or maybe I don't, I do still get 19.2 TB of usable storage here which is pretty good.)
Taking that into account, I was thinking about going 3 vdevs of RAIDZ1 with 8 drives in each. Or maybe 6 vdevs of 4 drives RAIDZ1.
I would appreciate your insights here and if I'm missing something or being crazy for even thinking about something other then mirrors.
Thanks!
So I've I finally got our new office lab server connected. The spec on it is:
Dell R730XD
x2 E5-2620 v3
128GB of RAM
x24 intel DC s3500 1.6TB SSD
I will need it as VM storage for (probably) our XCP-NG servers (as Broadcom will probably butcher the VMWare pricing). We will be using NFS as XCP-NG doesn't support thin provisioning in iscsi. The storage network (TrueNAS + all servers) are connected via DAC cables to a 10GBe switch.
Now my question is this:
As this is a full SSD RAID, what would be my best option regarding the disk setup? Obviously mirrored vdevs are the way to go if I want only performance, but unfortunately I do need to balance my capacity as well. (or maybe I don't, I do still get 19.2 TB of usable storage here which is pretty good.)
Taking that into account, I was thinking about going 3 vdevs of RAIDZ1 with 8 drives in each. Or maybe 6 vdevs of 4 drives RAIDZ1.
I would appreciate your insights here and if I'm missing something or being crazy for even thinking about something other then mirrors.
Thanks!