Which is safer and more convenient?
I keep reading about RAID controllers doing wonky things. I personally had an instance years ago where a HD failed and the RAID controller said nothing. Only when I pulled the drives and tested them individually did I discover the problem. I've avoided RAID controllers ever since until recently when I acquired an LSI 9271 8i. It's currently running my backup server in RAID 6. I assume that modern RAID controllers will tell you if a HD is failing or has failed.
Question is, would I be better off moving to FreeNAS and a HBA or am I OK as is?
TIA
I keep reading about RAID controllers doing wonky things. I personally had an instance years ago where a HD failed and the RAID controller said nothing. Only when I pulled the drives and tested them individually did I discover the problem. I've avoided RAID controllers ever since until recently when I acquired an LSI 9271 8i. It's currently running my backup server in RAID 6. I assume that modern RAID controllers will tell you if a HD is failing or has failed.
Question is, would I be better off moving to FreeNAS and a HBA or am I OK as is?
TIA