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?

  • LunchOPEnglish
    1•1 year 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.

    • @PoopMonsterEnglish
      1•1 year 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.