From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 14 00:24:12 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 BB23B16A4DA for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:24:12 +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 2F43243D53 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:24:12 +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 9DE7213A7AB; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:24:11 -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 824FE6E5927; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:24:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G1BTN-0006ga-00; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:24:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:24:01 -0400 From: stan To: John Nielsen Message-ID: <20060714002401.GC25387@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: John Nielsen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060713123434.GB30789@teddy.fas.com> <200607131620.56982.lists@jnielsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607131620.56982.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 20:12:57 up 87 days, 21:21, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:24:12 -0000 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