can i do raid 5 with Ubuntu server 22.04 on this setup ?

[johnny45]

can i do raid 5 with Ubuntu server 22.04 on this ?

 

10Gtek M.2 (M Key) to 6xSATA Adapter, SATA3.0, NO-Riad, for Desktop PC Support SSD and HDD

 

an can the 1st of 5 ssd's be bigger then the others in that config

 

the sixth port will be for a 5.25in blu-ray burner

 

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i own everything accept for the 2.5in ssd drives an spare low profile cable

i also have a spare m.2 adapter by ORICO M.2 PCIe RAID-PM2TS6

these are my build parts

raid 5 + burner version 1

 

the nvme in mounted in m.2 slot 1 with the listed heatsink , the 10gtek m.2 adapter is in the rear slot
id like to use the nvme in slot 1 as a cache drive for the raid array

i could re-config for more storage

if i were to plug the burner into the standard mobo sata port an

use all 6 ports on the 10Gtek M.2 Adapter to

setup raid 5e if Ubuntu server 22.04 has that option in the install process does it an would the be better ?

 

otherwise id do raid 5 an with a btrfs file-system an the compress=zstd:10 option if possible

fyi current desired storage capacity is 6tb as that will cover all 4 of

my pc's os main drives an combined other important files

 

a minimum of 6tb will also cover my audio/pic & video library just fine
as each pc has a 2tb 2nd drive for games,renders,pics, an downloads
the server if for stuff i dont wont to lose.

Edited February 4 by johnny45

[Electronics Wizardy]

I'd use software raid here with ZFS. BTRFS still has many issues with raid 5/6, so ZFS makes much more sense here to make. ZFS is generally better than hardware raid anyways, so don't use any raid features on those cards typically.

 

Also you want to cache a ssd array with anouther SSD? Don't bother, I'd only cache drive types that aren't the same like caching a HDD array with a SSD or a nand SSD array with optane.

 

 

[johnny45]

ok no cache drive or btrfs then

 

but to my other questions

 

can a setup with raid 5e & compress=zstd:10 option on Ubuntu server 22.04 be done during the install process

 

or otherwise id do raid 5 with or without a compress=zstd:10 option