The home lab ecosystem has a bunch of fascinating utilities that, if properly configured, can take your setup to the next level. That said, many of these can be double-edged swords, and if you’re not ...

I ditched RAID 6 for RAID 5, and I'm not looking back ...

Thanks for the info. The adaptec recommendation lead me to their website, which states that the 1200a, which is less than $100, provides real-time monitoring via software, which is good enough for me.

TL;DR: KIOXIA's new open-source RocksDB plug-in optimizes multi-SSD RAID setups, significantly reducing write amplification by up to 46% and boosting throughput over 8 times. Designed for generative ...