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today would be RAID 6 with 9+2+1. i.e. the equivalent of nine hard drives are used for live storage, the
equivalent of two hard drives are used for parity information (in reality all of this data is split between the eleven
hard drives). One hard drive is working as a hot spare, so rebuilding can start automatically and immediately
in the event of a defect. This means 3TB drives provide live storage of 27TB (9 x 3TB). In RAID Z3 the equation
is 8+3+1, thus with 4TB drives we come to 32TB (8 x 4TB) of live storage.
The data security concerns surrounding 4TB hard drives are justified because rebuild times become incredibly
long. The problems can be resolved, however RAID 6 is then brought to its limits. The solution is triple parity;
preferably with the software-controlled RAID Z3 in the ZFS file system. This increases the cost efficiency of the
storage and allows an even greater level of data security than anything before.
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