raidz configuration

Wes Morgan morganw at chemikals.org
Sat Nov 28 22:22:29 UTC 2009


Simple question:

8 devices in a raidz2
or
4 devices in a raidz x 2

Same net storage, but, if my understanding of raidz is correct, higher 
throughput on the raidz x 2, and obviously higher MTTDL for the raidz2. 
Maybe throw in a hot spare and what do you think? Pros and cons anyone?


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