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Healthy competition?

The main reason for Qt for Python (previously PySide) to exist is that PyQt is GPL and requires purchasing an extra...

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Disks failing at the same time or near it is only common because arrays are often made with same-model disks purchased at the same time.
It's normal...

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The thing is, nowhere in the definition of RAID1 does it specify that the data has to be mapped in the same way in both disks; onyl that it be in both...

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Also... why would the failure rates be "exceptionally high"? lol

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lol

For someone that worried about the "proper" use of words, your spelling could surely use some looking into.

Well,...

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Also, name it what you want... but the fact remains that it's a very useful feature for non-rich home users that ZFS lacks altogether.

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That's why I say "btrfs RAID1".

Also, I don't know what do you mean with "array of logical volumes with a mirror". There's...

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What I have, and what Btrfs calls "RAID1", is that every bit of data is in 2 different devices. So any disk can fail or be removed without losing...

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Because I want to have a RAID1 but I want to be able to use the disks I already have, and be able to easily add more space by simply adding one more disk,...

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I've been running Btrfs RAID1 filesystems on all my systems for several years, and I haven't lost anything to it.
On the contrary, those filesystems...

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Can I do a RAID 1 with mismatched disk sizes with ZFS?...