Need help creating a pool

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Basically, miniPCs are not suitable for ZFS: Not enough space for storage!
Multi-drive USB enclosures are not suitable at all.

Why you should avoid USB attached drives for data pool disks

This subject has been coming up quite often since about 2022. Perhaps because of TrueNAS SCALE has brought forth some attention to TrueNAS in general and ZFS in specific. Please note that this is about USB attached storage for ZFS data pools. On occasion, people use USB drives, (flash, USB->SATA, USB->NVMe, etc…), for booting. In general, these do work acceptably, (when not using the cheapest USB flash drives). Though, it is always recommended to backup your configuration in case of boot drive …

Use a different NAS OS, different file file system (not ZFS!), or a different enclosure.