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What to do with extra HDDs (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by jh0wlett@discuss.tchncs.de to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml

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Hey guys, I'm setting up my NAS (openmediavault) and very much enjoying it! It now runs my Nextcloud and a couple of services. I got a mirror ZFS setup of two 8TB drives.

I got another two 8TB drives and am doubting whether I should add them as an extra mirror vdev, or create a new pool for extra backup. I'm not sure if that extra backup is necessary though, since I got a cloud backup already every day. My drives are only used 14% so I'm not even sure if I should already put them in the pool. What do you guys think?

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

WTF is an extra HDD?

[–] doeknius_gloek@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Congrats on your NAS! Why did you get two extra 8TB drives if you don't need them yet? Maybe start a second NAS build for full offsite backups once the cloud becomes too costly for full backups?