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Size your AI dataset storage with redundancy and throughput in mind.

Dataset size: 8 TB

Model checkpoints: 40

Concurrent users: 3

Raw capacity needed

13.5 TB

With RAID-Z2 overhead

19 TB

Suggested drive count

4 × 12TB

Network

2.5GbE sufficient

Recommended chassis: Synology DS1823xs+ or DIY TrueNAS Scale on EPYC, dual SSD cache tier.