pc storage

I mainly use the harddisks in the PCs I run for storage of Hidef movies and TV series.

Current storage situation

Machine	Bruto*	Redundancy	Netto*	Disks
livingroom PC	3.5TB	single disk	3.5TB	500GB Crucial MX500 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, 1.05TB MX300 Crucial, 1TB Samsung EVO970 nvme
livingroom HTPC	256GB	single disk	256GB	256GB Crucial M4 SSD
NasPC	112TB	60GB Boot 14x4T RAIDZ2 14x4T RAIDZ2	96TB	60GB Intel 330 series, 14x4TB Seagate, 14x4TB Seagate
NasPC2	96TB	120GB Boot 12x8T RAIDZ2	80TB	120GB Intel 330, 12x8TB Seagate Constellation
NasPC3	108TB	SSD 500G for boot 6x18TB RAIDZ1 ZFS	90TB	500GB Samsung 980 NVME SSD, 6x18TB Seagate Exos X18
ServerPC	10TB	SSD 120G for boot SSD 5x 2TB RAIDZ1 ZFS	8TB	120GB Crucial M500 SSD, 5x2TB WD Blue SSD
old pc win7	2.7TB	single disk	2.5TB	256GB Crucial M4 SSD, 480GB Crucial M500, 1x 2TB Seagate
Total:	332TB	.	280TB	.

I store all data to ZFS on Linux since version 0.6.2. Recently ZFS on Linux (0.8.6) was integrated in OpenZFS 2.0 sharing sourcecode with FreeBSD and Illumos the opensource version of Solaris where ZFS was first developed under Sun Microsystems. The previous LVM raid 0 volumes have been moved to ZFS pools with RAIDZ1 or RAIDZ2.
RAIDZ1 is like RAID5 and can withstand 1 disk breaking. RAIDZ2 can withstand 2 disks breaking. But after disk failure recovery is only needed for the data, not the entire disk so it is much quicker than plain RAID5 or RAID6.
ZFS keeps checksums on all data to ensure data integrity at all times. For RAIDZ1 there is the space of 1 spare disk, for RAIDZ2 (like RAID6) the space of 2 spare disks is needed and used for CRC data and other ZFS overhead data. Besides that ZFS/RAIDZ takes about 5% of the volume size for additional overhead.
Currently the 10x2T are retired and the healthy ones were sold.
I had 12x3T in raidz2, integrated in my linux desktop PC, but these are retired now. Disks still available offline as backup.
In Nas1 there are 14x4T in RAIDZ2 plus another 14x4T in RAIDZ2. So 2 pools with 1 vdev each.
In Nas2 I have 12x8T in RAIDZ2.
The always on XeonD server has 5x 2TB SSD in RAIDZ1. (1TB replaced with 2TB 2025-09)
I keep separate pools in order to be able to swap them out to different PC's.
I have removed the 10x2T because 2 disks were failing and 3 more were pending failure. No data was lost.
I have replaced 12x3T RAIDZ2 with 6x 18TB RAIDZ1 in Nas3 and also replaced the sata boot SSD with a M2 variant.

Sata interfaces and bays :
The main NAS PC has 8 onboard sata interfaces and 24 extra sata interfaces through a HBA card, there are 24 regular bays (2x10 + one 4in3 bay) and I have stacked 1 separate 4 drive bay inside the case. Currently 28 bays are in use. The free PCI-E 4x slot is now used for a 10Gbe Intel X520-DA1 network card with SFP+.
The second NAS PC has 14 onboard sata interfaces, 1x for boot 12x in use for the data disks, 1x free sata. It has a 10Gbe Intel X520-DA2 network card with SFP+. It is managed via IPMI (Supermicro).
The XeonD has 6 sata interfaces. 1x boot plus 5x data. It has onboard 10Gbe RJ45. It also has IPMI (Supermicro) for management.
The NAS3 PC has 6 sata interfaces, a M2 interface for boot. It has an Intel 10Gbe network card in the PCI-E 4x slot
I have replaced 12x3T RAIDZ2 with 6x 18TB RAIDZ1 and also replaced the sata boot SSD with a M2 variant.

Disk inventory ::
6x Seagate 18.0TB : ST18000NM000J (7200 rpm) (sata3, 256MB)
12x Seagate 8.0TB : ST8000NM0055 (7200 rpm) (sata3, 256MB)
27x Seagate 4.0TB : ST4000DM000 (5900 rpm) (sata3, 64MB)
1x Seagate 4.0TB : ST4000DM005 (5900 rpm) (sata3, 64MB)
12x Seagate 3.0TB : ST3000DM001 (7200 rpm) (sata3, 64MB) (1x broken)
1x Seagate 3.0TB : ST3000DM007 (5900 rpm) (20mm thin disk,SMR,256MB)
9x Seagate 2.0TB : ST2000DL003 (5900 rpm) (sata3, 64MB) (2x broken)
1x Seagate 2.0TB : ST2000DM001 (7200 rpm)
2x Seagate 2.0TB : ST32000542AS (5900 rpm)
2x WesternDigital 2.0TB : WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB, 64MB (1x broken)
4x Samsung 1.5TB : HD154UI Green (5400 rpm)
4x Seagate 1.5TB : ST31500341AS
6x Samsung 1TB : HD103UJ
5x Samsung 750G : HD753LJ
4x Samsung 500G : HD501LJ
7x SSD : 60GB + 120GB Intel 330 , 128GB Crucial C300, 2x 256GB Crucial M4, 120GB + 480GB Crucial M500
10x SSD : 6x 1TB Crucial MX300, 500GB Crucial BX100, 1x 1TB Crucial MX500, 1x 1TB Samsung EVO970 nvme, 1x 500GB Samsung 980 NVME
5x SSD : 5x 2TB WD Blue SA510 2.5
3x SSD external : 2x Samung T5 500GB usb-c and 1x Samsung T5 1TB usb-c

This table shows Linux kernel versions and ZFS/SPL versions used currently :

ZFS version (git zfs)	kernel	SPL	ZFS	OS version
riwinas	5.15.19	2.4.1-1	2.4.1-1	Slackware 15.0
riwinas2	5.15.207	2.4.1-1	2.4.1-1	Slackware 15.0
riwinas3	5.15.204	2.4.1-1	2.4.1-1	Slackware 15.0
riwixeon	5.15.209	2.4.1-1	2.4.1-1	Slackware 15.0
riwilinux	5.15.209			Slackware 15.0

This table shows the storage usage per pool:

drive

total

used

free

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riwixeon:/pool0

7666G

4489G

3176G

59%

riwinas:/pool4

43973G

37803G

6171G

86%

riwinas:/pool5

43973G

32566G

11407G

74%

riwinas2:/pool8

70724G

34948G

35777G

49%

riwinas3:/pool2

84208G

21885G

62323G

26%

total

250544G

131691G

118854G

53%

This table shows the health of each individual disk as well as some statistics.

device	volume	diskmodel	serial	temp	hours	power on count	reported_uncorrect	current_pending_sector	offline_uncorrectable	reallocated_sector_count
riwinas:/dev/sda	-none	INTEL SSDSC2CT060A3	CVMP215605Q1060AGN	none	12888	1858	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdaa	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300V3KX	30 C	4772	863	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdab	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z3013WLW	30 C	4854	863	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdac	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300K11N	31 C	8220	1599	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdb	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z301GP5Q	29 C	4236	858	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdc	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z301GE5S	29 C	4237	858	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdd	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z304WYTA	29 C	50	844	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sde	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z303Y4ZP	29 C	50	841	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdf	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300K08K	32 C	8234	1599	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdg	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z3013VNL	30 C	4825	861	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdh	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300V3G1	29 C	4864	862	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdi	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z30146PF	30 C	4821	865	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdj	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300MC1Z	31 C	8226	1599	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdk	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300MB1C	31 C	8224	1599	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdl	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300MB1L	31 C	8229	1599	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdm	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300K0PQ	31 C	8228	1599	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdn	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z301GNNK	30 C	4373	793	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdo	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z301GDD3	30 C	4373	793	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdp	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z301GRFN	29 C	4374	793	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdq	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM005-2DP166	ZDH1BGYF	28 C	3007	573	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdr	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z30156CH	31 C	7081	1395	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sds	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z30147QZ	32 C	7082	1395	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdt	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	W300BMH0	31 C	7927	1535	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdu	zfs-pool4	ST4000DM000-1F2168	W300G8KQ	31 C	7929	1535	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdv	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z3013VLC	30 C	4827	862	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdw	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z3013W9T	31 C	4827	863	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdx	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z3013YJL	30 C	4823	863	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdy	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z3013XE4	31 C	4775	863	0	0	0	0
riwinas:/dev/sdz	zfs-pool5	ST4000DM000-1F2168	Z300V342	30 C	4861	863	0	0	0	0
device	volume	diskmodel	serial	temp	hours	power on count	reported_uncorrect	current_pending_sector	offline_uncorrectable	reallocated_sector_count
riwinas2:/dev/sda	-none	INTEL SSDSC2CT120A3	CVMP2152038G120BGN	none	20270	537	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdb	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174S1D	38 C	999	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdc	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA16ZH1W	38 C	1018	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdd	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174RC1	39 C	1046	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sde	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA16ZE7L	42 C	1030	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdf	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174RLC	42 C	1027	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdg	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174RMR	43 C	849	320	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdh	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174RV2	43 C	855	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdi	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA16ZRXH	42 C	838	316	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdj	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174RDB	41 C	853	326	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdk	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA15H4W8	43 C	856	270	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdl	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174RE6	42 C	845	320	0	0	0	0
riwinas2:/dev/sdm	zfs-pool8	ST8000NM0055-1RM112	ZA174SDG	41 C	845	270	0	0	0	0
device	volume	diskmodel	serial	temp	hours	power on count	reported_uncorrect	current_pending_sector	offline_uncorrectable	reallocated_sector_count
riwinas3:/dev/nvme0n1	-none	Samsung SSD 980 500GB	S78GNL0Y907291J	32 C	2	30	0	0	0	0
riwinas3:/dev/sda	zfs-pool2	ST18000NM000J-2TV103	ZR52858W	30 C	169	24	0	0	0	0
riwinas3:/dev/sdb	zfs-pool2	ST18000NM000J-2TV103	ZR528284	30 C	169	24	0	0	0	0
riwinas3:/dev/sdc	zfs-pool2	ST18000NM000J-2TV103	ZR52JP8T	35 C	169	24	0	0	0	0
riwinas3:/dev/sdd	zfs-pool2	ST18000NM000J-2TV103	ZR52JNZS	36 C	169	24	0	0	0	0
riwinas3:/dev/sde	zfs-pool2	ST18000NM000J-2TV103	ZR52811J	30 C	169	24	0	0	0	0
riwinas3:/dev/sdf	zfs-pool2	ST18000NM000J-2TV103	ZR52JWEM	35 C	169	24	0	0	0	0
device	volume	diskmodel	serial	temp	hours	power on count	reported_uncorrect	current_pending_sector	offline_uncorrectable	reallocated_sector_count
riwixeon:/dev/sda	-none	Crucial_CT120M500SSD1	1308092BD91E	36 C	92375	79	0	0	0	0
riwixeon:/dev/sdb	zfs-pool0	WD Blue SA510 2.5 2TB	2510134A0303	39 C	297	4	0	0	0	0
riwixeon:/dev/sdc	zfs-pool0	WD Blue SA510 2.5 2TB	2510134A0903	39 C	296	4	0	0	0	0
riwixeon:/dev/sdd	zfs-pool0	WD Blue SA510 2.5 2TB	2510134A1V05	39 C	298	4	0	0	0	0
riwixeon:/dev/sde	zfs-pool0	WD Blue SA510 2.5 2TB	2510134A1V15	36 C	296	4	0	0	0	0
riwixeon:/dev/sdf	zfs-pool0	WD Blue SA510 2.5 2TB	2510134A1V03	38 C	297	4	0	0	0	0
device	volume	diskmodel	serial	temp	hours	power on count	reported_uncorrect	current_pending_sector	offline_uncorrectable	reallocated_sector_count
riwilinux:/dev/sda	-none	C300-CTFDDAC128MAG	00000000104602FF3866	none	6771	1048	0	0	0	2048
riwilinux:/dev/sdb	-none	ST2000DL003-9VT166	5YD3757E	30 C	23527	3225	0	0	0	0
riwilinux:/dev/sdc	-none	Crucial_CT480M500SSD1	13290946682B	33 C	2380	2250	0	0	0	0
device	volume	diskmodel	serial	temp	hours	power on count	reported_uncorrect	current_pending_sector	offline_uncorrectable	reallocated_sector_count
atom64:/dev/sda	-none	CT500BX100SSD1	1449F000999E	34 C	1748	26	0	0	0	0