PCIe 2 x4 is the same speed as PCIe 3 x2, no?

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250GB cache

1 TB Pool

2 TB Pool

(2TB Parity partition + 8TB non-redundant storage partition) = 10 TB HDD

You’ll have a total of 3 TB that’s protected, and 8 TB that’s not. When you get another 10 TB drive in the future, then you’ll have a total of 13 TB that’s protected.

It works pretty good but every once in a while it’ll hard lock and blast loud static out of my speakers until I unplug it and plug it back in

Does it work any better than 12ft? I found that worked maybe 1 out of 4 times at best