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Cc: Howard Jones <howard.jones@network-i.net>,
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Software RAID
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> It makes a certain degree of sense. Sometimes things have to be done
> wrong for us to realize how good we had it before. How would we know how
> great FreeBSD is if we didn't have Linux? I had to look at ZFS to decide
> not to use it when I rebuild my storage this week due to a failing
> drive.

you are right. you can't be happy of warm house without getting really 
cold some time :)

that's why it's excellent that ZFS (and few other things) is included in 
FreeBSD but it's COMPLETELY optional.