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Fault tolerant RAID6 / RAID10 design for home server - not performance critical

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I want to balance disk space against fault tolerance. I would like fault tolerance to be able to handle multiple disk failures (as I may not be able to afford replacements disks or have the time for weeks possibly) The main purpose of the home Linux server shall be a place to backup other machines …

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Raid10 may not be able to handle two disks failing, so raid6 would be more reliable. It also gives more storage capacity. Option A only can handle the third failure if it happens after the rebuild onto the hot spare completes, but you only get 50% o…

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