Assumption: you use at least four identical devices for that. Mirrors, RaidZ, RaidZ2 are possible - theoretically.
Technically correct answer: yes, it works. But the right answers is: no, do not do that! The recommendation is very clear: use “striped mirrors”. This results in something similar to a classic Raid10.
(1) RaidZ1 (and Z2 too) gives you the IOPS of a single device, completely independent of the actual number of physical devices. For the “four devices...
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Technically correct answer: yes, it works. But the right answers is: no, do not do that! The recommendation is very clear: use “striped mirrors”. This results in something similar to a classic Raid10.
(1) RaidZ1 (and Z2 too) gives you the IOPS of a single device, completely independent of the actual number of physical devices. For the “four devices...
Read more