From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 20 20:30:42 2003 Return-Path: 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 E849D37B401 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.hitmedia.com (mail.hitmedia.com [205.162.11.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 668B343F75 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:30:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdlap@hitmedia.com) Received: (qmail 3623 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jul 2003 03:30:45 -0000 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:30:45 -0700 From: BSD baby To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030721033045.GA2714@mail.hitmedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: making a HUGE storage thing using hub+NFS+RAID - feedback? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:30:43 -0000 Before I jump into something new, could I get some thoughts from someone who's done this kinda thing before in FreeBSD? I need at least 6 terabytes to be available all at once, NOT online but just as backup file storage. But file storage that needs to be available internally and easily to anyone in the office. So I thought the best way would be to have: - 6 boxes each with 8 200gig drives in RAID5 (1.2T each) each of them cross-connected to... - 1 box as the hub. The hub box would use NFS to mount each of the 6 boxes as if they were on the local filesystem. The hub box would be the only one directly connected to our office. The 6 boxes would only be connected to the hub. Any downside to doing this? Does NFS freak at a certain size? Is there a better way? Thanks! (We're doing audio archiving of > 50,000 CDs. Yes, legal.)