- IMO, having owned a couple readynas(es) in the past, FreeNAS is a good compromise between ease of setup and functionality. To me, it does not feel over-engineered. In fact, it feels like it gives you enough to do everyday stuff easily through the UI, and drop into ssh if necessary. I've only had to do this a few times. To wit: I would take a stock FreeNAS over manual setup anyday.
- The 2 disk failures I've experienced were independent of each other. I have not experienced a simultaneous failure of 2 drives. I have preventative measures in place, namely in the form of a hot-spare for the pool and an aggressive resilver schedule that runs weekly.
- IMO, having owned a couple readynas(es) in the past, FreeNAS is a good compromise between ease of setup and functionality. To me, it does not feel over-engineered. In fact, it feels like it gives you enough to do everyday stuff easily through the UI, and drop into ssh if necessary. I've only had to do this a few times. To wit: I would take a stock FreeNAS over manual setup anyday.
- The 2 disk failures I've experienced were independent of each other. I have not experienced a simultaneous failure of 2 drives. I have preventative measures in place, namely in the form of a hot-spare for the pool and an aggressive resilver schedule that runs weekly.