Hello Folks,
I have a 2-node FAS8200 cluster that already has a couple stacks of DS212c and DS224c shelves. I've been approved by management to acquire a DS46c shelf chassis with 20x16TB FSAS drives.
I'd like some help to figure out what the RAID layout should be for the initial disks, with the expectation of adding about 30 more FSAS disks over the next year or two.
We currently have a bunch of shelves and aggregates that are nearly maxed out and were created without any spares(!), so I'm hoping to migrate volumes into the new aggregate(s) on the DS460c and then clean up the existing aggregates likely by redefining them so that there will be spares.
TL;DR: Getting 20x new 16TB FSAS drives, will be adding more - need thoughts on RAID-TEC group sizing. Thanks!