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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @xrobau
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      @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

      ZFS works on copies. So, when you write 1, 2, 3 and 4 to a zpool, you get something like this:
      Disk 1: x 1 x 3 x
      Disk 2: 1 x 2 x 3
      Disk 3: x 1 2 x 4
      Disk 4: 4 x 2 x 3
      Disk 5: x x x x 4
      Copies. Of. The. Data.

      And this, so much detail about made up products. Where did this all come from? It's like a whole novel about a fake storage technology had been written somewhere.

      You know, I once was in a college class and one of the kids didn't know the difference between fiction and non-fiction and in a serious article on ethics they used the "Laws of Robots" from iRobot. This is like that, somewhere there must be some source for so much details, but what it refers to, we will never know.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @xrobau
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        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        As a bit of a rebuttal, you're kinda getting confused and claming FreeNAS is a bunch of things it isn't. In fact, in that 'common myths' page is ... I dunno, random made up stuff?

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        So, as a Solaris administrator from way back, let's go through a couple of the misapprehensions about ZFS in that document you linked!

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        I am your guest ZFS expert! Ask me anything

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        Truly, honestly, that's not how ZFS works. I cross my heart.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        Dude, I've been doing this for almost 30 years

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        I got my Windows cert, and CCIE, and a bunch of other things before moving into DevOps. So, please - trust me when I say I know what I'm talking about.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        Honestly, this is where you are 100% wrong, and you refuse to listen to me.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        But telling me I'm wrong isn't going to get you anywhere, because I know what I'm talking about here. This is my field of expertise.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        Now, if you can take a breath, admit that you've learned something new about ZFS

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        I've been using ZFS for 15 years now, and I'm extremely confident in my knowledge.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        I'm a sysadmin. I've done courses.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        I now have to quote multiple things, scroll backwards and forwards, and generally waste even more of my time.

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        This is what frustrates me here - I know this stuff IN DEPTH

        @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

        you're trying to claim that you know this better than me, when you obviously don't. It's massively frustrating.

        This is the greatest collection of "I'm smart and I'm an expert" statements I've ever seen. The more someone has to tell you how brilliant they are....

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        • wirestyle22W
          wirestyle22
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          This was painful to read

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

            I've been using ZFS for 15 years now, and I'm extremely confident in my knowledge.

            What's really funny is that after re-reading this thread, the most likely thing is that he's never used ZFS and doesn't even know what he has. There is no way he's been actually using ZFS for fifteen years. First, because there is no way someone has ever used it at all and knows so little about it. But second, because ZFS has existed for fifteen years 😉

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            • CCWTechC
              CCWTech @wirestyle22
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              @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

              This was painful to read

              TRUE! Wow... some serious lack of BASIC I.T. Knowledge...

              **@xrobau said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

              I'm a sysadmin. I've done courses**

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @CCWTech
                last edited by wirestyle22

                @CCWTech said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                This was painful to read

                TRUE! Wow... some serious lack of BASIC I.T. Knowledge...

                Eh, I don't really care about that. We are all in a constant state of learning. I'm not in a position to judge anyone and wouldn't if I were

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                • CCWTechC
                  CCWTech @wirestyle22
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                  @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                  @CCWTech said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                  This was painful to read

                  TRUE! Wow... some serious lack of BASIC I.T. Knowledge...

                  Eh, I don't really care about that. We are all in a constant state of learning. I'm not in a position to judge anyone

                  Right, but claiming to be an expert and putting this as a basis of being an expert is laughable.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                    @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                    @CCWTech said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                    This was painful to read

                    TRUE! Wow... some serious lack of BASIC I.T. Knowledge...

                    Eh, I don't really care about that. We are all in a constant state of learning. I'm not in a position to judge anyone

                    Lacking basic knowledge is not bad. Lacking the most basic knowledge while repeatedly berating other people and claiming to be a domain expert so cover up a long series of lies is the issue.

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                      @CCWTech said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                      This was painful to read

                      TRUE! Wow... some serious lack of BASIC I.T. Knowledge...

                      Eh, I don't really care about that. We are all in a constant state of learning. I'm not in a position to judge anyone

                      Lacking basic knowledge is not bad. Lacking the most basic knowledge while repeatedly berating other people and claiming to be a domain expert so cover up a long series of lies is the issue.

                      Yeah that is the part that is a problem.

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                      • zachary715Z
                        zachary715 @wirestyle22
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                        @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                        This was painful to read

                        Did you actually read the entire thing? Anytime Scott goes on those 8 post rants where he's writing a paragraph to every 4 words, I have to just skip those. Kudos to anyone who survived the whole thing.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @zachary715
                          last edited by

                          @zachary715 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                          Anytime Scott goes on those 8 post rants where he's writing a paragraph to every 4 words,

                          It's tough, because the "four words" is making a false claim, and then I have to provide real IT and documentation to refute it. So not a good way to make it less wordy, because I have to explain concepts behind things in each response.

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                            bnrstnr @zachary715
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                            @zachary715 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                            This was painful to read

                            Did you actually read the entire thing? Anytime Scott goes on those 8 post rants where he's writing a paragraph to every 4 words, I have to just skip those. Kudos to anyone who survived the whole thing.

                            It's taken some time to get used to, but I feel like it's easier to read because he's addressing each point separately. Wall of text is for sure harder to keep on point when really breaking something down. How he strings 6 replies in a minute is still a mystery to me though.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @bnrstnr
                              last edited by

                              @bnrstnr said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                              How he strings 6 replies in a minute is still a mystery to me though.

                              Focus 😉

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @zachary715
                                last edited by

                                @zachary715 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                                This was painful to read

                                Did you actually read the entire thing? Anytime Scott goes on those 8 post rants where he's writing a paragraph to every 4 words, I have to just skip those. Kudos to anyone who survived the whole thing.

                                I read the entire thing. If I Cherry pick I may miss a detail that would be helpful for me to learn.

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                                • pchiodoP
                                  pchiodo @mary
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                                  @mary said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                                  @xrobau I'm an intern and nothing you have listed is a special feature. I honestly thought you were a salesman or vendor on this thread.

                                  Wow! Brutal honesty

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                                    There is, in fact, not a single factual thing in this description, not even buried in the subtext.

                                    If you look really really closely at the subtext there is a 🖕 buried in there. lol

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @mary
                                      last edited by

                                      @mary said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                                      @xrobau I'm an intern and nothing you have listed is a special feature. I honestly thought you were a salesman or vendor on this thread.

                                      He very well could be, thus the fervent shouting about the myths of FreeNAS and ZFS. You have to question someone when they are so impassioned about a topic, but can provide no proof.

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                                      • maryM
                                        mary @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller this is the best thread ever

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @mary
                                          last edited by

                                          @mary said in Revisiting ZFS and FreeNAS in 2019:

                                          @scottalanmiller this is the best thread ever

                                          Programming printers may still have this one beat. . .

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                                          • CloudKnightC
                                            CloudKnight
                                            last edited by

                                            wow, what a read.. like to see Scott has also posted evidence referring to what he's posted, which I like to see as well, this really helps in the discussion. Always got to back up your claims.

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