I have a desktop running Windows 10 Enterprise Edition and a motherboard that accepts up to 6 HDD. I have installed initially 4 HDD (1x3TB and 3x4TB) in RAID10. The RAID was created in the BIOS and then set up with Intel RST. I know I'm restricted by my 3TB HDD, but it's an old drive from the initial setup, and I'm waiting for it to fail to buy a 4TB new one to replace it. Anyway, My RAID is almost full, and I need to expand it. I bought two new 4TB drives and installed them on my system, but when I tried to increase my RAID with these two new drivers, I found out that I can't. If I want to increase my space, I have to delete my RAID and create it again, using my 6 HDDs. I don't have a problem deleting my RAID. I already backed up all my data. But as I'm going to start fresh, I was wondering if building the RAID10 again is a good decision. So, I have a few questions to try to help me decide what to do:
1) How does DrivePool compare to a RAID10 in terms of performance and data protection?
2) What is the difference between DP and Windows Storage Spaces? Should I consider Windows option instead?
3) I'm planning to have my entire pool duplicated (2x) and one specific folder duplicated 3x. How much space will it use for my entire Virtual Drive? Can I see it?
4) Regards the previews question, I'm asking this because I have already installed DP to try it. I have created a pool with my two 4TB new drives, and after creation, DP showed me 7,28TB of free space, and this number won't change even if I enable duplication. How can I know how much space I have left with duplication enabled?
5) I'm planning to copy all files from my RAID10 (5.6TB) to my newly created DP drive. After that, I'm planning to delete my RAID and add those drives to the pool and then enable duplication. Is it a good move?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm pretty lost with all possibilities.
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Glauco
Hi everyone.
I have a desktop running Windows 10 Enterprise Edition and a motherboard that accepts up to 6 HDD. I have installed initially 4 HDD (1x3TB and 3x4TB) in RAID10. The RAID was created in the BIOS and then set up with Intel RST. I know I'm restricted by my 3TB HDD, but it's an old drive from the initial setup, and I'm waiting for it to fail to buy a 4TB new one to replace it. Anyway, My RAID is almost full, and I need to expand it. I bought two new 4TB drives and installed them on my system, but when I tried to increase my RAID with these two new drivers, I found out that I can't. If I want to increase my space, I have to delete my RAID and create it again, using my 6 HDDs. I don't have a problem deleting my RAID. I already backed up all my data. But as I'm going to start fresh, I was wondering if building the RAID10 again is a good decision. So, I have a few questions to try to help me decide what to do:
1) How does DrivePool compare to a RAID10 in terms of performance and data protection?
2) What is the difference between DP and Windows Storage Spaces? Should I consider Windows option instead?
3) I'm planning to have my entire pool duplicated (2x) and one specific folder duplicated 3x. How much space will it use for my entire Virtual Drive? Can I see it?
4) Regards the previews question, I'm asking this because I have already installed DP to try it. I have created a pool with my two 4TB new drives, and after creation, DP showed me 7,28TB of free space, and this number won't change even if I enable duplication. How can I know how much space I have left with duplication enabled?
5) I'm planning to copy all files from my RAID10 (5.6TB) to my newly created DP drive. After that, I'm planning to delete my RAID and add those drives to the pool and then enable duplication. Is it a good move?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm pretty lost with all possibilities.
Thanks,
Glauco
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