Hi guys,
First time having to ask a question instead of answering one, woohoo! I am used to dealing with FreeNAS type systems (z1, z2, etc) where I have not used a dedicated traditional RAID #.
I recently was able to get a Buffalo (yeah yeah, I just want it to throw files on) Terastation Model TS-8VH24TL/R6. It is an eight bay NAS with 3 TB drives filling all slots. I am attempting to set it up with RAID 10 and am having some issues, perhaps I am not thinking about RAID 10 in the correct way. RAID 10 should effectively half the amount of usable space after it is set up, correct? When I set it up with only 4 disks in an array, the space is halved like normal; however, when I try to set up the array with all 8 disks it is dividing my usable space by 4 instead of half. I should be getting 12 TB usable as opposed to 6, correct? Am I not understanding the math or does something not sound right?
Thanks for any help you peeps may be able to lend.
First time having to ask a question instead of answering one, woohoo! I am used to dealing with FreeNAS type systems (z1, z2, etc) where I have not used a dedicated traditional RAID #.
I recently was able to get a Buffalo (yeah yeah, I just want it to throw files on) Terastation Model TS-8VH24TL/R6. It is an eight bay NAS with 3 TB drives filling all slots. I am attempting to set it up with RAID 10 and am having some issues, perhaps I am not thinking about RAID 10 in the correct way. RAID 10 should effectively half the amount of usable space after it is set up, correct? When I set it up with only 4 disks in an array, the space is halved like normal; however, when I try to set up the array with all 8 disks it is dividing my usable space by 4 instead of half. I should be getting 12 TB usable as opposed to 6, correct? Am I not understanding the math or does something not sound right?
Thanks for any help you peeps may be able to lend.