When I use a NAS software, that's meant to be a NAS, I expect it to do maintenance that's required. I don't expect to have to be an expert in ZFS. By the same note, I don't expect to have to know what the storage and growth configurations of AWS RDS instances either.
My Synology NAS device has been in service for around 6 years now... I upgraded the drives from 4x1tb to 4x4TB when the freenas server bit the dust... and it's still going strong... I don't have to think about it, it just sits there and runs.... A single-purpose software like this should do its' job. The end.
Agreed. I just think it's not really fair to say that ZFS lost your data, if the main cause was that FreeNAS uses/configures ZFS in a way directly contrary to the ZFS documentation.
My Synology NAS device has been in service for around 6 years now... I upgraded the drives from 4x1tb to 4x4TB when the freenas server bit the dust... and it's still going strong... I don't have to think about it, it just sits there and runs.... A single-purpose software like this should do its' job. The end.