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...ommand is this (I edited a bit for brevity) mount -t ntfs-3g -o locale=nl_NL.iso-8859-1,silent /dev/disk/by-id/usb-DiskA \ /mnt/tmp || mount -t ntfs-3g -o locale=nl_NL.iso-9959-1,silent /dev/disk/by-id/usb-DiskB \ /mnt/tmp || mount -t ntfs-3g -o locale=nl_NL.iso-9959-1,silent /dev/disk/by-id/usb-DiskC \ /mnt/tmp if [ $? -eq 0 ] then <backup starts> So, it first attempts to mount diskA; if that fails, it tries diskB, and so on. DiskA has been running for a week without any problems or messages. Now I try to mount diskB, and I get: ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '/dev/disk/by-id/u...

...t be the answer, but I would like to be sure what the compromise is if I go down this path. I am trying to set up a file server for my home office. I would like as much storage space as possible, and I need to be able to survive one drive failing. Here is what I have: DiskA - 160GB DiskB - 200GB DiskC - 250GB DiskD - 500GB DiskE - 500GB (I also have a separate 20GB disk that I will be booting from.) Here is the best way I can see to maximize storage: -160GB slice on all disks --Put these into a raidz1 zpool -40GB slice on disks B through E --Put these into a raidz1 zpool -50GB slice on disks C...