Hmm. 15TB definitely sounds nicer than 10.... :D :D
I fully intend to buy disks with widely spaced apart manufacturing dates, so theoretically this should be manageable.
Now I get why 8 disks is recommended... you can make a mirrored pair of 4-disk raidz1s, you get >50% storage efficiency, and you can lose any two disks before it dies.
I fully intend to buy disks with widely spaced apart manufacturing dates, so theoretically this should be manageable.
Now I get why 8 disks is recommended... you can make a mirrored pair of 4-disk raidz1s, you get >50% storage efficiency, and you can lose any two disks before it dies.