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--- foundation:storage [2026/01/02 20:13] – privacyl0st
+++ foundation:storage [2026/02/15 23:18] (current) – [RAID Strategy: Availability First] privacyl0st
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         * Higher usable capacity cost
-=== RAID Levels to Avoid ===
-  * **RAID 5**
-        * Rebuild risk is unacceptable with modern drive sizes
-  * **Single-disk redundancy only**
+We use RAID 5 because that was the best compromise maximizing disk space with the available slots in the NAS we use. If you have a NAS with 5+ bays go ahead and use RAID 6, but for our setup with 4 total bays using 4TB disks RAID 5 was a winner.
-        * Downtime during rebuilds is common and long
 ==== Hot Spares ====