So I recently found out that I have sh*t my leg… I was about to set up unraid but just before dipping my toes I was told that the parity drive needs to be the same or larger in size, really wish I had done more thorough reseach before recently buying that 10TB HDD hehe…

My planned setup was; 250 GB - SSD (Cache) 1 TB - HDD (Parity) 2 TB - HDD (Pool) 10 TB - HDD (Pool)

So what are my option now that I have messed that up, what would you recommend? To go without parity or is there another way?

Any help is appriciated, I am still quite new to selfhosting/linux :)

UPDATE; I can trade the 10TB for two 4TB disks + the extra. Should I?

  • CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    If it was me, I’d just go without parity temporarily and grab another drive for that when I could. A new system should be safe enough for a while, just not forever.

    • Sunny' 🌻@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I think this is the “best” for me right now unfortunately… But even buying a new 10TB disk ‘just’ for backup is kind of unfortunate… I might try to sell it or trade it for multiple other disks.

      • PoopMonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Gohardrive has those 10tb for under $90, they’ve been used for like 5 years but if it’s non essential data they should last a long time and might be a good option.