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1. The Forbidden Dreamer (forbiddendreamer@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:47:23 JST The Forbidden Dreamer

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   @matty @splitshockvirus >controller dies 5 years from now
   >board no longer manufactured
   >data gone forever
   That's probably the biggest problem. You can usually recover data from the common hardware models by emulating it in software, but it's still a pain. Just either do zfs or mergerfs+snapraid, depending on what you're trying to accomplish (I'd assume you want uptime+ssd caching, so zfs would be the ticket). For data backups nothing beats a drive not connected to your main system that you do periodic backups to.
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   • Matty-kun :Christmas_kitty_bell: (matty@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:47:24 JST Matty-kun :Christmas_kitty_bell:

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     You prefer software RAID over using a controller?
   • :apa: スプリットショックウイルス † (splitshockvirus@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:47:24 JST :apa: スプリットショックウイルス †

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     @Matty

     Absolutely, unless you are using Windows RAID, any open source RAID implementation is better than using a controller.

   • Matty-kun :Christmas_kitty_bell: (matty@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:47:24 JST Matty-kun :Christmas_kitty_bell:

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     Why's that? I'm only asking because I'm probably gonna go with a PowerEdge server once we get it funded and I'm gonna have to a do a shit load of research into what RAID controller to get.
   • :apa: スプリットショックウイルス † (splitshockvirus@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:47:25 JST :apa: スプリットショックウイルス †

     Hardware RAID

     :cirno_smile: :gun: