Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:54:07 -0800 From: Shawn Wallbridge <wallbridge@blur.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS for raid Message-ID: <CAP=GgsSaGqkBhdC85%2B9yrDoUPTR8CXAECKq5D1T67O9Q3A8g2g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C14417F519F44EC85540C618@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <C14417F519F44EC85540C618@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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You do _not_ want a hardware raid controller if you are running ZFS. You can set up ZFS for your boot drives during setup, not 100% sure about another file system, but their is really no need as you can set it up once you are up and running. shawn On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:50 PM Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: > I read here recently that zfs can be used for raid. I'm a neophyte when it > comes to zfs, but I'm thinking about using it for the next server I get. > > If you're going to setup drives with zfs for raid, do you need a hardware > controller? My impression is that you don't, but I want to know for sure > before I order a server. > > If there's no raid controller, can you setup raid using zfs during the OS > install? If you boot from the cd/dvd, do you get the option to configure > raid using zfs? > > Paul Schmehl, Retired > My opinions are my own. > ******************************************* > "It is as useless to argue with those who have > renounced the use of reason as to administer > medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson > "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very > intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- B L U R Shawn Wallbridge Head of IT Blur Studio 424.298.4800 <(424)%20298-4800> www.blur.com
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