Venus T5 : Benchmarks (ZFS versus Hardware RAID)
After trying out ZFS on a handful of fitful USB keys I pulled out the AMS Venus T5 a 5 drive SATA RAID enclosure with an eSATA port for plugging into the computer. The Venus T5 was outfitted with 5 x 7200RPM 1TB Seagate Drives for the test. I was curious as to what the […]
Messing with USB Keys: ZFS Fun and Shenanigans
In the quest to sate my curiosity of the viability of ZFS for replacing hardware RAIDs I gathered a few extra USB keys that were lying around my office in hopes to see just how much of a difference in terms of numbers one can find between a single USB key, a software RAIDed set […]