ZFS is better at protecting data than any commodity RAID card, any other open-source software RAID, or Windows software RAID (I believe I hit all the free and cheap RAID solutions - that was my goal).

What were your mdadm parameters? You spent some time tweaking ZFS, but no time tweaking mdadm? mdadm out of the box does not have very convincing performance, as we ...

Whether you’re planning to put together a custom NAS or just want to buy a pre-built storage server, it’s a good idea to thoroughly research your components. The same goes for the operating system, as ...