From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 15 15:58:15 2005 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 A62FF16A4CE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:58:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com (chameleon1.crockettint.com [206.224.72.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19BDE43D2D for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:58:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emartinez@crockettint.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 716D837C0A; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:58:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mxc1.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69537-08; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:58:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from memnoch (ausc1.crockettint.com [24.153.230.82]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DDD737C09; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:58:10 -0500 (CDT) From: "Edgar Martinez" To: "'Nick Pavlica'" Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:58:15 -0500 Organization: Crockett International MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcVByIiKFii/pztORJOsUk3Z6EDaCQACxNUg Message-Id: <20050415155810.3DDD737C09@mxc1.crockettint.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at crockettint.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: 'Benson Wong' cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: emartinez@crockettint.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:58:15 -0000 Sorry for the delay in response.I had to go to the IRS today.OMFG.what a model of inefficiency. I am having some minor hardware issues with the build that we are going to be working on to get corrected first.but I will def keep everyone informed on what is going on.. _____ From: Nick Pavlica [mailto:linicks@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:37 AM To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: Benson Wong; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions "I am going to be attacking this tonight and my efforts will be primarily focused on creating one large 5.8TB slice..wish me luck!!" How did this go? Were you able to create the very large slice? --Nick _____ From: Nick Pavlica [mailto:linicks@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:49 PM To: Benson Wong Cc: emartinez@crockettint.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions > Is there any limitations that would prevent a single volume that large? (if > I remember there is a 2TB limit or something) 2TB is the largest for UFS2. 1TB is the largest for UFS1. Is the 2TB limit that you mention only for x86? This file system comparison lists the maximum size to be much larger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems ). --Nick