VBox vm running ubuntu-22.04 host ubuntu-21.10

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2022-01-15 at 23:15 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> For raid you want CMR HDDs

Huh, I hadn't heard the term "CMR" before, and I had no idea SMR
existed. SMR is interesting tech, hopefully now dead. Learn something
new every day!

> For my desktop PC I'm using SSD only, no RAID and even no pool based
> file system, I'm mostly using ext4. For backups I'm using external
> SMR drives, no RAID, no pool based file systems, mostly ext4, too.

For RAID, where (generally) safety of the data is paramount, I'm a
great believer in staying well behind the leading edge. So I'm HDD and
ext4 all the way. It's easier to replace bits, it's generally cheaper,
it's easier to understand and to fix, and it's almost always fast
enough. SSD in RAIDs - maybe as cache. Otherwise nope, nope, nope.

Regards, K.

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