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If you’re new to ZFS you probably want to start here
Besides being a fantastic alternative to hardware RAID ZFS provides other useful features. However, while features are neat all that really matters is what problems they solve. While RAID solves data loss in the instance of disk failure it does not protect your data from many other catastrophes. It is never safe to consider RAID as your backup solution, even if it is ZFS with scrubbing.