The Black Bear - Threadripper 2990WX build
Last update: 30/07/2020
After a few months of researching, prepping my data, persuading she-who-must-be-obeyed, etc. I finally pulled the plug when Amazon finally has my motherboard in stock. I had a i7-5820K (overclocked to 4GHz) and a Xeon E3-1245v5 server (ITX case) but it was more out of necessity since I wasn't able to afford Dual Xeon to merge them and still have sufficient performance. The 2990WX came out at just the right price point that makes the idea possible.
I saw a post on the forum asking if BTRFS RAID5/6 is still a big no-no and given the lack of information out there, it's kinda funny how some outdated noises can reverberate for so long. So let's clarify.
The reason BTRFS RAID5/6 has been marked as "unstable" is due to this seemingly mysterious problem called "write hole".
A write hole happens when there's unclean shutdown (most commonly due to power outage but could also be due to for example a kernel crash) causing the pari
