Want opinions on drive allocation! =)

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SilverJS

Alright!

So, my hardware is coming in. I've got an NZXT H2 case, with 8 (!!) 3 TB hard drives - the 5K3000 ones. The H2 has 8 internal 3.5 bays, and my motherboard (M4A88T-M) has 6 SATA ports, and I've added a PCI-E card, the ST Labs A-341 with a SIL3132 chip, for a total of 8 SATA ports. So, I have a 500GB hard drive for a boot drive, and 7 remaining bays/SATA ports.

What would you guys think for a setup? I was thinking :

4 X data drives
2 X parity (if running RAIDZ2)
1 X hot spare

That leaves me with a spare drive in case one fails. Is there too much redundancy in your opinion in this setup? Should I go with :

5 X data drives
1 X parity (RAIDZ1)
1 X hot spare

Or, ditch the hot spare altogether?

Feed me some opinions! =)

Thanks!
 
What about this? (Forgot about this possibility when submitting the thread - how can I edit posts, btw...?) :

[RAIDZ (3 * 3TB) + RAIDZ (3 * 3TB)] + HOTSPARE

Or still plan A?
 
Plan A: while you resilver after lost drive, you might lose another drive... if that happens you will be screwed. With plan A you can lose up to 2 drives. RAIDZ2 should be preferred over RAIDZ, when possible.

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