XPost: aus.computers   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:41:43 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > The *controller* wrote to all drives at once. It was not a commanded   
   > write. It was a firmware issue of some sort. And not a   
   > capacity-rollover type flaw.   
   >   
   > It corrupted some area low in the disk storage.   
   >   
   > Causing *all volumes to be wiped out instantly*.   
      
   Let me just add that to my ever-lengthening list of reasons why I   
   dislike hardware RAID controllers.   
      
   If I’m going to use RAID, I recommend using the built-in Linux   
   software RAID. I have seen it deal with failures more than once, and   
   my respect for it has only gone up.   
      
   Not to mention, it’s so much easier to reconfigure without having to   
   mess around with obscure vendor-proprietary utilities.   
      
   > This is *why we do backups of our RAID array* :-/   
   >   
   > A RAID array is NOT a backup.   
      
   Agree, agree, thrice agree.   
      
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