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Well, I just found out the 2108 can't be flashed to an IT firmware, so if I wanted to go the ZFS route I would have to get the vendor to replace the controllers now. Guess we'll see. Thanks for all information.

I should have been more clear in my response. I just didn't want to create a large thread that eventually might not lead to where I was going and waste people's time. It's not learning ZFS that is any issue, I'm familiar with it and understand how to set it up. It's the fact that there are 5...

Thanks for all the replies and information. After more research, I think I'm going to stay away from ZFS and just run OpenSuse with LVM and ext4 on top of the RAID10 array from the LSI controller. I'll retain true hotswap and not have to mess with learning ZFS. Since I don't want to throw...

Good Evening. I'm looking for some advice on some new hardware we just picked up and the best setup for our environment. We are an IT department for 6 school districts and are deploying 2 new SuperMicro 6047R-E1R24N chassis. Found Here. The servers are populated with 24 Seagate...