From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 6 08:49:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CEAC106567E for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:49:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7C5F8FC13 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail35.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail35.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.51]) by fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n667X08K029904 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:33:01 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-247-205.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.247.205]) by mail35.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n667Wshd019980 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:32:57 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n667WrmH008139; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:32:53 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n667Wmig008137; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:32:48 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:32:48 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Olaf Greve Message-ID: <20090706073248.GA8044@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20090703202958.978655ejfxy0r8kk@webmail.private.lan> <20090703185046.3782125a@bhuda.mired.org> <1BBC202D-920C-480A-B59D-BA0F1581E301@millennics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="envbJBWh7q8WU6mo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1BBC202D-920C-480A-B59D-BA0F1581E301@millennics.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:10:00 +0000 Cc: "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Howto do SW RAID? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:49:07 -0000 --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jul-04 10:43:34 +0200, Olaf Greve wrote: >I must say, ZFS sounds very cool, yet.... the experimental thingy =20 >attached to it is somewhat off-putting at present. I wouldn't use ZFS unless you are running 7-stable _after_ 7.2-RELEASE (after 20th May to be precise) or -current. 7.2-RELEASE has a much older ZFS. I'm running ZFS on -current my home server without problems but it's not heavily loaded. >I've read the pages you both refer too, and it seems ZFS has good =20 >capabilities for disaster recovery, as well as automatic healing and =20 >snapshots. It certainly sounds like something to experiment with, but =20 >I'm not certain if now is the best time to do so. I would agree with this. ZFS is still a somewhat experimental feature and some people have found some rough edges. I'd recommend finding a spare amd64-capable box with a couple of disks and >=3D2GB RAM, install 7-stable and try both replicating data into it and load-stressing it to see how well it behaves for you. (Mind you, if you've not used gmirror before, I'd suggest you do the same for it). --=20 Peter Jeremy --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpRqJ8ACgkQ/opHv/APuIfd7ACcCDkP4DM/KKcNq+OWr5p+8GgK cWsAoIsWcU02fGkIJRIWcsOxM8xfW2es =+Oa+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo--