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[deviator]

Couple of things....

1. Why would you run a mirror with a hot swappable spare? 2 copies of the data and a spare disk in case one of those fails doesn't seem like that good of an idea.
2. Rather than replacing the duff disk with another old secondhand obsolete disk, why wouldn't you buy a bigger disk? Or even better a pair of disks as I just don't see the point in having a spare for a mirror.

I don't know what you use the server for, but unless it's something special - not just file sharing. Then why wouldn't you use a NAS or an external USB drive?

[TheBoy]

Couple of things....

1. Why would you run a mirror with a hot swappable spare? 2 copies of the data and a spare disk in case one of those fails doesn't seem like that good of an idea.
2. Rather than replacing the duff disk with another old secondhand obsolete disk, why wouldn't you buy a bigger disk? Or even better a pair of disks as I just don't see the point in having a spare for a mirror.

I don't know what you use the server for, but unless it's something special - not just file sharing. Then why wouldn't you use a NAS or an external USB drive?

1) Why not? Sounds like a good idea to me.

2) For any raid set, the disks ideally need to be the same. And that not just in capacity. Some controllers even like to spindle lock all disks in the set.


Why would you EVER piss around with stupid NAS devices.  Even if it was just file sharing, This setup would be cheaper, more flexible, miles faster and more robust than a similar 4 bay toy NAS