111: Artifically Prolonged, Unnecessarily Stressful

60 Seconds of WIP · Feb 12, 2026 · 1m

Here’s OpenZFS Mastery on physical labeling. I have strong feelings on this.

Develop a consistent naming and numbering scheme for your storage arrays, and use it dogmatically. Many storage arrays have a standard naming scheme, often printed on the equipment. If your equipment already has numbered shelves, use that numbering. Otherwise, make simple rules like “shelf 0 is always at the top and disk 0 is always at the left.” You might use the prefix “f” for the front and “b” for the back, or whatever works for you.

Record the serial number of each drive as you install it in the array…