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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/slammybe on 2023-09-21 17:59:53.

I am planning on installing unRAID on my new server. I am moving from a computer running Windows with 2 external drives attached, and I’m really excited to get it up and running. I have:

• 7x 10TB HDDs
• 1x 1TB SSD
• 1x 14TB HDD
• 1x 16TB HDD

I will use the SSD as a cache drive.

Is it possible to use the 5 of the 10tb drives for my media storage, 2 for parity, and then separately pool the 14 and 16tb drives together for additional storage that is non-parity?

I want to use the 10tb drives for my media library, and the non-parity part for downloads that I’m seeding. These don’t need to be backed up in any way, because Sonarr/Radarr renames and copies files from the downloads folder to the TV/Movie folders.

I know that I’m supposed to use my largest drives for parity but isn’t that just wasting space? I’d rather have 50TB in parity and 30TB non-parity than have just 70TB parity. I hope this makes sense, not sure if I’m understanding this correctly or using the correct terms. I appreciate any info you can share!