Metadata VDEV impact is "not noticeable" / it "does not perform as expected"

[Protopia]

Continuing the discussion from Explanation why advocated redundancy is not realistic:

@louis

Implementing the redundancy you advocate is not a bad idea, but assuming I would like to have an option for a four drive Z1 (starting with three drive) the implication would be:

• new case
• extra 16TB drive
• get rid of the SATA-boot drive (The MB only have 4 sata ports)
• a lot of work

I think that price is too high for the extra redundancy, surely given the fact that

• files are available on an other machine and or the NAS second drive
• I have off-line backups
• doubleing the NVME’s SSD would cost an additional € 400
• the redundancy does not protect against mistakes from my side
• viruses etc
• damages to the NAS processor / ram / over voltages / etc

So I really have been thinking about your comments / ideas, and I am aware about professional redundancies, but this is a home machine and not a professional NAS.

Of course more redundancy would be nice, however as written before those requirements would at least double the cost of the NAS. So the only part I did consider a Z1 for the HD’s but as explained even apart form the cost, that is not realistic

This is, to put it politely, a complete travesty of what I have been suggesting.

You have suggested spending extra money on SATA SSDs and moaned about having to use a valuable SATA port for a boot drive.

I have suggested a completely different way of using your existing hardware which will be more effective and perform extremely well. And I have suggested that you spend the same extra money you were planning to spend on SATA SSDs on a 3rd 16TB drive.

But you have completely mis-interpreted what I have said.

On this basis, this is my very last post in this thread. You are now on your own. Good luck.