# New storagenode on Synology DS220+; choosing filesystem and some ROI estimates

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**Category:** Node Operators\
**Tags:** docker, storagenode, earnings-estimator, hardware\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/new-storagenode-on-synology-ds220-choosing-filesystem-and-some-roi-estimates/16919 "2022-01-24T20:40:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/new-storagenode-on-synology-ds220-choosing-filesystem-and-some-roi-estimates/16919/3 "2022-01-25T01:33:07Z")

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> A. RAID type: SHR, Basic, JBOD.

Assuming this is really for Storj only I would create a basic volume on each disk and run 2 separate nodes on it. Using any form of raid just wastes half your space or causes your entire node to fail on a single disk failure.

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> B. Filesystem: btrfs, ext4

Either should work, but you’re not really going to use advanced features of btrfs. Perhaps just go for ext4 as a tried and true option.

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> Record file access time: Daily, Monthly, Never.

Never, this will save a lot of write op when file walker or garbage collection is busy

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> Low capacity notification: XX%.

As desired. You shouldn’t let storj use more than 90%. Setting a warning at 95% can help catch issues should your total usage grow beyond that anyway for any reason

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> Data Scrubbing schedule: Enable (with period), Disable

I don’t think this option is available on basic single disk volumes with ext4. Should you go with another setup and this is available, I would enable it.

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> RAID Resync speed limits: lower impact on system performance, resync faster, custom.

Same as above, but should you choose a raid setup anyway, choose lower impact on performance option

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> Fast Repair: enable, disable.

Not sure what this one does, does it provide more info?

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> Enable write cache.

Yes, unless you have unreliable power and no UPS. This will significantly help with performance, but ungraceful power downs risk damaging your data. Usually not vital for storj as one or two missing pieces isn’t a big issue, but databases could get corrupt which is more nasty. If you can’t ensure ungraceful power downs don’t happen, disable this and take the performance hit.

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> Bad sector warning.

Enable

For earnings estimates over time check this topic: [Realistic earnings estimator](https://forum.storj.io/t/realistic-earnings-estimator/6693)

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