Mirroring and parity pools are for servers... storage space has become a non-issue now days because hdd are very cheap.
Yes, a simple pool (as the name implies) is the most basic type and should give you the least problems but you haven't told us what you need this system to do so thats all the help I can offer except to say in my experience most people are better off leaving this shit alone and just using normal folders to sort their junk, or perhaps a nas box when there is two or more people in the same home but good luck with it.