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WS5420RN6 - WSS 2016 - Should we avoid ReFS ?

Started by sva, July 09, 2023, 09:13:02 AM

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July 09, 2023, 09:13:02 AM Last Edit: July 09, 2023, 10:42:35 AM by sva
Hello,

I have two WS5420RN6 boxes with 4 x 8TB drives. I have both boxes setup to use RAID 5 - and when an array rebuild event arises, it lasts 5 days (precisely - slow/annoying/but I guess expected)
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Neither box has any data transferred to the array yet...baring the Windows Storage Server 2016 installation, so I can start again - though that'll be another 5 days apeice.


The problem I am having, is with the 2nd box - which I had setup with the newer ReFS filesystem - it tends to want to enter a Rebuild Array more frequently than the former box which has been formatted with NTFS.   So I am wondering why ? Is it a known issue when using ReFS with RAID 5 or perhaps its the way in which my drives are partitioned.

I have published my configuration here:

https://sites.google.com/view/buffalows5420rn6refsvsntfs/home
https://sites.google.com/view/buffalows5420rn6refsvsntfs?usp=sharing

Any thoughts ?


Thanks in advance,

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