Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:24:01 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to create a large data space Message-ID: <20060714002401.GC25387@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <200607131620.56982.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <20060713123434.GB30789@teddy.fas.com> <200607131620.56982.lists@jnielsen.net>
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 04:20:56PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > On Thursday 13 July 2006 08:34, stan wrote: > > i have a Sun Ultra 40 with 4 500F SATA drives. I plan on using this > > machine primarily for a large data storage requirement. > > > > What I want is one large /data partition. Given all the choices for doing > > this in FreeBSD (software) what's the "best" choice here? The partio will > > be shared via SAMBA if that affects the thhinking here. > > "Best" really depends on what your needs and goals are. Here's a quick > overview of what the choices ARE, based mostly on memory. Corrections and > additions welcome. I'll try to make some notes about pros and cons as well. > Thanks for the nice summary. The data will be backed up nightly, so I'll probably use gstirpe to get the maximum capicty. RAID5 would not work very well with 3 x 500G (asuuming that I can't use the 500G that I put the system on). -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967
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