[kwlug-disc] New Linux PC Build Advice

[Chris Frey]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 03:10:15PM -0400, Cedric Puddy wrote:
> It’s not as much these days with NVME and such, and the risks are
> way lower with only two devices in the set.  I had a client insist on
> me building a multi-spindle, md based, NFS server that used multiple
> disk controller cards, back in the day.  It was 10 spindles RAID 5, and
> I must have rebuilt that array 5 times in the course of year, without a
> single actual drive failure.  It was not a good design, and definitely a
> false economy; one of them there learnin’ experiences for all concerned.

What caused the failures, since it wasn't the disks?  Controller?
Software?

- Chris