To add to this, if you are using raid5/6 with modern consumer multiple TB disks... Well... Good luck to you.
On Dec 6, 2017 11:47 AM, "Dev" <[email protected]> wrote: > ZFS and some of the other more recent additions do offer some tasty > features, along with HBA’s, but there’s much wider support, deeper toolset > and more documentation for the average person to get RAID 6 working than > some of the new cluster stuff. > > Yes, it’s cool, yes, it works and scales, etc., but for the average person > on vanilla inexpensive common hardware, RAID has been stable and usable for > a very long time and would basically work on any hardware with vanilla OS > support, and you get pretty reasonable performance. Also, it’d be easier to > get help if bad things happened. > > There may also be an issue with a power/data cable, but the aging > firmware/hardware issue will still be an issue at some point in the future > when the gear is harder to get. > > > Ditch RAID and just go to HBAs with a better file system like ZFS or > > CEPH. > >
