From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-f180.google.com ([209.85.223.180]:34753 "EHLO mail-io0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751963AbcFCSKf (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2016 14:10:35 -0400 Received: by mail-io0-f180.google.com with SMTP id p194so82265165iod.1 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:10:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from static-215-186.vpn.wisc.edu (static-215-186.vpn.wisc.edu. [146.151.215.186]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v62sm311086itc.19.2016.06.03.11.10.33 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:10:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1464977432.1571.20.camel@gmail.com> Subject: RAID1 vs RAID10 and best way to set up 6 disks From: Mitchell Fossen To: "linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org" Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:10:32 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, I have 6 WD Red Pro drives, each 6TB in space. My question is, what is the best way to set these up?  The system drive (and root) are on a 500GB SSD, so these drives will only be used for /home and file storage. Is there any caveats between RAID1 on all 6 vs RAID10? Thanks for the help, Mitch