Should I move to 5.0 beta or wait?

[glave]

I checked my logs after the monthly parity check today and noticed one drive is screaming like a banshee on errors, thus I will be replacing it tomorrow. This made me kick into a 'maintenance' time on the server and this question is plaguing me.

 

I'm currently on 4.7, but unsure if I should wait out for 4.71, or check out the 5.0 beta. Any benefit or just play it safe for now?

[SSD]

I checked my logs after the monthly parity check today and noticed one drive is screaming like a banshee on errors, thus I will be replacing it tomorrow. This made me kick into a 'maintenance' time on the server and this question is plaguing me.

 

I'm currently on 4.7, but unsure if I should wait out for 4.71, or check out the 5.0 beta. Any benefit or just play it safe for now?

 

Have you read the 5.0b10 announcement thread.  Might be a good place to start.  No one can tell you you whether it is worth upgrading but yourself.

[opentoe]

I checked my logs after the monthly parity check today and noticed one drive is screaming like a banshee on errors, thus I will be replacing it tomorrow. This made me kick into a 'maintenance' time on the server and this question is plaguing me.

 

I'm currently on 4.7, but unsure if I should wait out for 4.71, or check out the 5.0 beta. Any benefit or just play it safe for now?

 

Stick with 4.7 until the later is more tested. When 4.71 comes out I doubt I'll switch right away.