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    Strange MDADM RAID 6 behaviour

    I have Xubuntu 20.04 with a 10x10TB MDADM RAID 6 array. It is working great except for the first time I do a large >7GB file write to the array after a reboot. It will hang at different places in the transfer each time such as 2.5GB/3.6GB/4.3GB/5.6GB. When it hangs the same 5 disks will be busy...
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    Any reason I shouldn't buy an LSI 9400-16i?

    Greetings, I currently have a 10x10TB software (mdadm) RAID6 array running on my Xeon E5-1650v3 based workstation. All the SATA drives are connected to the onboard controllers on the Gigabyte MW50-SV0 with a handful of ports still spare. The OS is Xubuntu 20.04. I'm now looking to migrate the...