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Region Focus · US
Estimate usable TB, parity, and fault tolerance for US homelab buyers using 8x 8TB in RAID 10.
Raw Capacity
64.00 TB
Usable Capacity
28.80 TB
Fault Tolerance
1 drive per mirror pair*
Efficiency
50.0%
Excellent random I/O and rebuild behavior; capacity is typically 50% of raw. This scenario applies a 10% filesystem reserve.
Run Interactive Calculator →| Mode | Usable | Tolerance | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAID 5 | 50.40 TB | 1 drive | 87.5% |
| RAID 6 | 43.20 TB | 2 drives | 75.0% |
| RAID 10 | 28.80 TB | 1 drive per mirror pair* | 50.0% |
| RAID-Z1 | 50.40 TB | 1 drive | 87.5% |
| RAID-Z2 | 43.20 TB | 2 drives | 75.0% |
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.
For long-lived NAS pools, resiliency first is usually safer. Capacity can be expanded later, while a risky parity choice can force migration sooner.
Keeping free space improves filesystem behavior for snapshots, metadata, and write performance. Full arrays often perform worse and rebuild more slowly.
No. Use this page for pre-purchase sizing, then validate with workload benchmarks, SMART health policy, and a tested restore plan.
For US homelab buyers, this NAS planning scenario estimates 28.80 TB usable after a 10% reserve from 64.00 TB raw.