Lyn@GPN24 📞 ACOW (@fugi)

pride moth stella⭐ @stellavie@tech.lgbt

4mo

Anything going against picking RAID-Z as a software RAID on 2-4 equally large HDDs? also wanna add an SSD cache (or maybe i should give the SSD directly to applications that generate previews and thumbnails)

or use LVM or btrfs with RAID-5? little bit confused which option to pick, but i think i want something with striping and parity

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Lyn@GPN24 📞 ACOW @fugi@amazonawaws.com

4mo

@stellavie Specifically btrfs RAID 5 (i.e. on fs level, not btrfs on raid 5) is a big no no. Last I heard there were still data loss problems.

Have you considered software RAID via mdadm btw? Not saying it's better than fs level RAID – actually considering using that instead in the future – but it's a well established option.

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pride moth stella⭐ @stellavie@tech.lgbt

4mo

@fugi oh well then im gonna keep my distance from it.

haven't looked into mapper raids so far, but going the beaten path is a good idea..

So far i'm most convinced by ZFS Raid (Raid-Z[1|2|...]) and i gotta compare it to that ^^'

with all the different methods there also remains the question for me what happens when the host OS stops working, will the raid be recoverable?

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Lyn@GPN24 📞 ACOW @fugi@amazonawaws.com

4mo

@stellavie It should be, would be pretty terrible if it wasn't 😅

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