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fester112:hardware_general [2019/05/26 21:15] – [CPU] Emphasize recommendation against pool encryption danfester112:hardware_general [2019/05/26 21:18] (current) – [Miscellaneous] dan
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   - Use NAS recommended HDDs.   - Use NAS recommended HDDs.
-  - __[[https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/checking-for-tler-erc-etc-support-on-a-drive.27126/|TLER]]__is a useful feature to have on NAS HDDs.+  - __[[https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/checking-for-tler-erc-etc-support-on-a-drive.27126/|TLER]]__ is a useful feature to have on NAS HDDs.
   - Use enough HDDs in your system so you can employ some sort of redundancy within the zpool/s and the vdev/s. If you aim for a minimum of 4 this will allow RAIDZ2 (ooooh yummy).   - Use enough HDDs in your system so you can employ some sort of redundancy within the zpool/s and the vdev/s. If you aim for a minimum of 4 this will allow RAIDZ2 (ooooh yummy).
  
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   - Remember when any vdev fails in a pool it takes the entire pool with it!   - Remember when any vdev fails in a pool it takes the entire pool with it!
   - Read Cyberjock's [[https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/slideshow-explaining-vdev-zpool-zil-and-l2arc-for-noobs.7775/|guide to ZFS for newbies]]. Then read it again. It would probably be worth reading it a third time.   - Read Cyberjock's [[https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/slideshow-explaining-vdev-zpool-zil-and-l2arc-for-noobs.7775/|guide to ZFS for newbies]]. Then read it again. It would probably be worth reading it a third time.
 +  - Another good beginner's resource for ZFS is [[https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/introduction-to-zfs.111/|this guide by Ericlöwe]].
   - Home users will generally not benefit from a SLOG or L2ARC. More RAM is a better buy.   - Home users will generally not benefit from a SLOG or L2ARC. More RAM is a better buy.
  
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