>Any particular reason for this, other than maximising space by avoiding two layers of RAID/redundancy? Yes that's right we can get 720TB net usable space per server with 90*10TB disks. Any RAID layer will cost too much.. On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Gambit15 <dougti+gluster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> RAID is not an option, JBOD with EC will be used. > > > Any particular reason for this, other than maximising space by avoiding two > layers of RAID/redundancy? > Local RAID would be far simpler & quicker for replacing failed drives, and > it would greatly reduce the number of bricks & load on Gluster. > > We use RAID volumes for our bricks, and the benefits of simplified > management far outweigh the costs of a little lost capacity. > > D _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
