Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:00:23 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Lebel?= <lebel.jerome.mail@gmail.com> To: Colin Mitchell <crm@colinrmitchell.endoftheinternet.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware RAID and FreeBSD. Message-ID: <278476BF-B4E4-4A40-8503-E4FEB5206AE5@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1304035891.5251.7.camel@lenovo> References: <1304035891.5251.7.camel@lenovo>
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I'm a n00b with freebsd too. But I'm happy with zfs. My server has 2GB = of RAM, but it doesn't seem to be a problem. Even with my / using 3.76TB = full of data in raidz2. Le 29 avr. 2011 =E0 02:11, Colin Mitchell a =E9crit : > Hello, BSDians. >=20 > I am kind of a n00b to FreeBSD but have had great success and fun with > it so far. >=20 > I have two old Dell servers at home. One has Ubuntu server and is my > web and mail server. The other is FreeBSD, and I run servers for a > video game on it. I really like the FreeBSD server, especially the > ports system, and how well it runs even though it is a 1GHz CPU. >=20 > Anyways, I bought a new lower-end computer that I was hoping to = replace > both with. It is a dirt-cheap dual-core AMD that I had built for > $175US. It came with a 500GB HDD, and I would like to get another one > to put in it. Now, I would like to set up as a mirrored RAID setup (I > think). I don't really know much about RAID, but I want to have the = same > disk image on both hard drives (in case one fails), and possibly three > if I buy another HDD in the future. Is RAID 1 what I want? I also = want > to do SVN on it for my PhD code, as well as back up my Wordpress, > Coppermine, etc... >=20 > Now, here is where the FreeBSD gurus can chime in. I would like to = get > a hardware RAID card to tie it all together. I am also looking for a > cheap one, maybe $30-$60US, if this is even feasible. Anyone have any > suggestions? Any successes? =20 >=20 > Also, I see a lot of talk on here bout ZFS. Is this something I = should > try, instead of the standard UFS? >=20 > Thanks for any help and suggestions! >=20 > Colin. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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