Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720
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@DustinB3403 10-4
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Now the alternative approach would be to just get a supermicro system and load that up with whatever you want at around the same price point and not have to fret over Dell Firmware. . .
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Like any of these chassis
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And if you really didn't need a dual socket board (or an extreme amount of RAM), this board might work well too SuperServer 1019S-MC0T.
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@dave247 do you already have the chassis or are you looking to buy today for this?
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
@dave247 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
I might end up just going with 6TB SAS spindle drives in a RAID10 to save on cost - provided the RAID controller can handle 8 drives in R10..
R10 has essentially no overhead. R5 has quite a bit, and R6 more than double R5. But R10's power comes from its simplicity.
Right and I would only do RAID10 with HDDs and RAID5 or 6 with SSD
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@DustinB3403 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
@dave247 do you already have the chassis or are you looking to buy today for this?
I already have the R720 chassis loaded with desired CPU and RAM so I'm sticking with it. Just need to find the right drive config.
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@dave247 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
@DustinB3403 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
@dave247 do you already have the chassis or are you looking to buy today for this?
I already have the R720 chassis loaded with desired CPU and RAM so I'm sticking with it. Just need to find the right drive config.
Gotcha, so yeah you may just have to play wack-a-mole with the drives.
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I'm thinking I may just go with 4 of these drives: https://www.newegg.com/micron-5210-ion-7-68tb/p/1Z4-00CB-00035
4 x 7.68TB SSD in RAID10 for 15.36TB of storage
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@dave247 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
I'm thinking I may just go with 4 of these drives: https://www.newegg.com/micron-5210-ion-7-68tb/p/1Z4-00CB-00035
4 x 7.68TB SSD in RAID10 for 15.36TB of storage
It's SSD, use RAID5 or 6. RAID10 is going to be really expensive per GB.
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@DustinB3403 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
@dave247 said in Looking to create a 20TB RAID5 volume with SSD drives in an R720:
I'm thinking I may just go with 4 of these drives: https://www.newegg.com/micron-5210-ion-7-68tb/p/1Z4-00CB-00035
4 x 7.68TB SSD in RAID10 for 15.36TB of storage
It's SSD, use RAID5 or 6. RAID10 is going to be really expensive per GB.
yeah I just realized that... if I did 4 x 7.68TB SSD drives in a RAID5, that would give me 21TB. This might be my best option!
