ZFS allows RAID-5 without the "write hole" (google it). That's the killer advantage for me. The rest is just gravy. I'm amazed you found set-up cryptic. Once I

ZFS allows RAID-5 without the "write hole" (google it). That's the killer advantage for me. The rest is just gravy. I'm amazed you found set-up cryptic. Once I understood the concepts of ZFS pools and filesystems, I found the toolset among the most elegant and well-designed out there. I think it might actually be a little daunting in it's simplicity, maybe. ("that's it?!")