we need modern, efficient and resilient file systems (in the mould of ZFS) and we need to get rid of RAID arrays.

15 years ago

15 years ago

Also, better error recovery at a more granular level then whole disks. RAID6 is a band-aid.

15 years ago

A file system that handles data redundancy at the block level, with forward error correction and checksums.

15 years ago

And then block replication / error correction across disks to handle disk failures.

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15 years ago

And across bus / controllers upstream of that. Like GoogleFS but applicable to normal workloads.

15 years ago

Journaling and RAID was fine in the '90s with 10-40 GB disks and rebuild time of 40 minutes.

15 years ago

Can't believe the data protection systems I have to work with now are the same as in 1999

15 years ago

can't believe the alphabet I have to work with now is the same as it was in 1599

15 years ago