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Region Focus · US
Estimate usable TB, parity, and fault tolerance for US homelab buyers using 6x 12TB in RAID 6.
Raw Capacity
72.00 TB
Usable Capacity
43.20 TB
Fault Tolerance
2 drives
Efficiency
66.7%
Safer for larger arrays with dual parity, at the cost of one extra parity disk. This scenario applies a 10% filesystem reserve.
Run Interactive Calculator →| Mode | Usable | Tolerance | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAID 5 | 54.00 TB | 1 drive | 83.3% |
| RAID 6 | 43.20 TB | 2 drives | 66.7% |
| RAID 10 | 32.40 TB | 1 drive per mirror pair* | 50.0% |
| RAID-Z1 | 54.00 TB | 1 drive | 83.3% |
| RAID-Z2 | 43.20 TB | 2 drives | 66.7% |
US buyers often evaluate frequent pricing swings and promo cycles. Capacity planning should account for staged purchases instead of one-time all-disk upgrades.
Planning metric that compares real usable capacity after reserve and parity.
Seasonal pricing period used for phased drive purchasing strategies.
No. Use this page for pre-purchase sizing, then validate with workload benchmarks, SMART health policy, and a tested restore plan.
Keeping free space improves filesystem behavior for snapshots, metadata, and write performance. Full arrays often perform worse and rebuild more slowly.
This setup can tolerate 2 drives. Real-world survivability depends on mirror placement, rebuild stress, and drive health.
For long-lived NAS pools, resiliency first is usually safer. Capacity can be expanded later, while a risky parity choice can force migration sooner.