@JaredBusch said in ProxMox Storage Configuration Question (idk how lol):
I don't use it (hardware raid) because it is better, I use it because it is more easily understood and supported by the majority.
When non-IT people need to interact, it's better. That's why we use it. We don't want customers thinking that they can do stuff without IT and causing damage. It means we can send a middle schooler in to change drives without needing to coordinate on the timing. It means some random drive delivery guy can do the drive swap without asking.
It costs a lot more. It lowers performance. But the blind swap value for customers without someone technical making sure random people aren't touching servers when they aren't supposed to is a big deal.
However, all those non-technical people are still hitting the power button, pulling cables, spilling coffee... so I don't know if it has ever protected us, lol.