From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 13 12:34:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E04816A4DA for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:34:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C1F843D68 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:34:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailspool3.panix.com (mailspool3.panix.com [166.84.1.78]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0791213A779 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:34:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-68-58-232-106.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.58.232.106]) by mailspool3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462286E5925 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:34:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G10Oo-00083L-00 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:34:34 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:34:34 -0400 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20060713123434.GB30789@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 08:27:12 up 87 days, 9:35, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: Best way to create a large data space 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, 13 Jul 2006 12:34:36 -0000 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. -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967