Adam Sampson's storage bookmarkshttps://bookmarks.offog.org/ats/storageAdam Sampson2018-12-09T19:21:56ZRAID doesn’t work! | securitypitfallshttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecuritypitfalls.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F05%2F08%2Fraid-doesnt-work%2F2018-12-09T19:21:56ZTesting md RAID5 over dm-integrity (spoiler: it does actually work).Backblaze Blog » What Hard Drive Should I Buy?https://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.backblaze.com%2F2014%2F01%2F21%2Fwhat-hard-drive-should-i-buy%2F2014-01-22T14:34:30ZReliability figures from Backblaze's drive farm. My home RAID array's due for replacement this year, which means choosing which drives to go for; this is exactly the kind of data I was after.Fixing sluggish write performance of USB flash (thumb) drives | Old Computer Junkhttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.oldcomputerjunk.net%2F2012%2Ffixing-sluggish-write-performance-of-usb-flash-thumb-drives%2F2014-01-17T17:15:48ZTweaking filesystem alignment to match the flash block size can make a difference (presumably on USB sticks where the flash translation layer isn't smart enough to do this itself).Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage | Backblaze Bloghttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.backblaze.com%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fpetabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage%2F2009-09-04T09:29:39ZLots of disks in a custom case, using SATA port extenders. I assume they don't care too much about performance -- although this might actually work OK for UKMS, with nice wide stripes to spread the load.