From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 12:42:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7992106564A for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:42:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wodfer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FA918FC1A for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:42:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywa8 with SMTP id 8so1853329ywa.13 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:42:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=bHTmMJJdaic2mRp1la5FieXC/cMSB7q5DBCQ8HkFFaU=; b=s9pRtnwAxBOtcM/nFbG2Ex5bYKfylqMgjdEit7nWAHJDwT4JTpogcIr+iZZ5UlDiZX w0K3He7G89SFR6eh+9hXq6/vF9EFydlwtYtrA9RKMvAM2U4GsRz1iKDUCvoR2NUB4Zcx lDT5WcP5kT6spE8AmuY5J1IGGbTYNKMwX2fko= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=oJ8djWlFUv0ZoQh+kNJ/cLCbCsaBFZQnO9ADS1AbNB0vwcjKKvcRj9lmRDLqmd5mmC 8lWerMkwVK0Yzgdos8GwV+eN+/OBLkivMNzONh14bWfXLEuP3SOTyh9O+FJqjuB7z32A eQ9HA/smOigB2g4vEgi2zO7J8YHtmlY5AjTls= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.91.42.39 with SMTP id u39mr983774agj.71.1290084134591; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.254.3 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:42:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <66248F21-1914-467A-9874-B5987F5E4790@internode.on.net> References: <66248F21-1914-467A-9874-B5987F5E4790@internode.on.net> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:14 +0100 Message-ID: From: Andy Wodfer To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:42:15 -0000 [snip] > > 1. Which FreeBSD version should I install? (it must support large > drives). > > I'm currently using the standard FreeBSD 8.1 (STABLE) on several servers, > > but this is a 32bit version, right? I suppose I need a 64bit version when > I > > use large harddrives? > > Freebsd has been 64 bit for a long time. It supports multiple > architectures. You want amd64 (yes, even on an intel 64bit) Thanks! I didn't know I could use amd64 on Intel servers. Then my next questions will be: How about the ports collection - does the 64bit version have most of the ports? I need ffmpeg, php, apache, mysql, imagemagick, ghostscript, exiftools and a few more small ones. > > > > 2. I know that the 3ware Raid controller supports larger drives than 2TB > (or > > was it 1TB?). The Highpoint controller I'm not so sure of, but I've had > good > > experience with these on a few Windows servers and on one FreeBSD server. > My > > setup would be to use the entire disk for both operating system and > > filestorage (in version 1). How can I create this huge partition/slice? I > > don't think the installer (atleast on the standard FreeBSD version) > supports > > these large drives? > > > > You can use vinum or ZFS. > Excellent. I'm using ZFS on a FreeNAS installation. Is ZFS still considered experimental on FreeBSD or is it now production ready? What tool or command is used to partition/format/create a large ZFS drive? Thanks and best regards, Andy