> Thanks for that. I can see the advantage in using clever ZFS wizardy
> with raidz/2 methods, but when it comes to just a simple 2-disk mirror
> set for the operating system i'm struggling to see any advantage in
> not using hardware mirroring. It's a completely 'hands off' solution
> (apart from swapping a disk out)!
>
>
Zfs mirrors have the same advantages as with raidz(2): You get zfs
checksums and self healing. Also you can increase your pool size by
adding bigger disks one side of the mirror at a time. Perhaps some
hardware controllers can do this too, but I'm no familiar with any.
Jon
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