I have 8 SAS drives and would like to set up a RAID 1 on 4 of them. I would also like to use the extra 4 as an additional RAID 1 or automatic backup solution for the first RAID.
My gut feeling is that the above scenario is not needed and a RAID 6+1 would be the best way to go, but I'm very inexperienced with servers in general and never dealt with RAIDs beyond 4 drives.
My gut feeling is that the above scenario is not needed and a RAID 6+1 would be the best way to go, but I'm very inexperienced with servers in general and never dealt with RAIDs beyond 4 drives.