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  3. October 2018

Re: New system configuration

In your situation I really question whether SSD's (even for load source)
are worth the price and maintenance. With the newer system you'll be
impressed enough.

You are hitting the usual stuff when people upgrade infrequently. Disk
sizes have grown so much that estimating size needed for a small system is
outweighed by arms needed. I would shoot for six arms of currently
marketed 15k spinning disks (and stay away from the 'archive' models of
10k speed).
So what is the current minimum size of currently marketed spinning disks?
280GB, or are they still selling new 140's?
Keep in mind that with RAID5 you lose one drive to raid striping.
So (six drives - 1 drive to raid striping) * 280GB = 1.4TB
I would not go with less than four drives under any circumstance. I would
really shoot for the 6 drives and only bring up the possibility of less if
it's a deal breaker.

Rob Berendt

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