[ale] Needing to cut up server disk space

[LnxGnome]

On 9/24/15 7:03 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Looking at an enclosure with 8 bays.  The only hitch is the e-sata
> only addresses 5 drives max.  Is there any advantage to running ZFS
> over USB3?  Or would I be better off with raid 10 on the 5 e-sata drives?
>
Depends on what you are using the USB3 drives for.  I use mine, with ZFS
(no RAID) for backup. 

Do note that ZFS is much happier (and efficient) if it has direct access
to the drives.  AF drives that lie about their block sizes have
workarounds (setting ashift).