So, I'm probably going to be switching from my Areca 1220 to a ZFS solution with my next purchase of hard drives. UFS support for >2TB isn't spectacular. My Areca has connections for fail leds, and while I guess I could continue to use the Areca in passthrough mode, I'd ideally like to sell the Areca and get a cheaper card, since I won't be using any of the onboard raid functionality anymore.
Any suggestions for a card that has fail leds? Or should I just depend on labeling my hotswap bays to identify which drive is dead in the case of a failure?
Any suggestions for a card that has fail leds? Or should I just depend on labeling my hotswap bays to identify which drive is dead in the case of a failure?