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Matrix Storage Manager. Is it a Software Raid or hardware Raid
Exact same thoughts here. Before the flooding in Thailand, Seagate drives had a very high failure rate; Recently I've heard they've gotten better. I've had 2x 1TB WD Black in RAID 1 for a year now with no issues, and these drives are over 30,000 power-on-hours from prior usage. Samsung drives have been good to me too, with an HD501LJ currently sitting at 38,790 PoH and returning no errors.
Software, obviously. At best it's fakeraid, which is still software.
How well does it performance compare to Linux Software RAID
Inadequate cooling will kill your drives a LOT faster than anything else. You can check the temperature from command line using smartd. Do it when the drives are busy.
smartctl -a /dev/sdaAlso if the drives are not mounted or in a small case that can get kicked easily or whatever the slightest bump causes them to exceed their shock rating. I've seen brand new modern drives dies quit easily that way. I'm not assuming you are doing something stupid like that but.....just sayin.
No idea as I don't use it, but it should be similar.
There was some supermicro chassis that was causing too much vibrations and killing hard drives. Don't remember the model, but i remember reading some thread about it.
It probably is. I just put it in the bay