Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:32:38 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Chris Sagar <csagar@iterated.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: software striping in FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980117183238.56291@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34BF8AF1.1AF78DE9@iterated.com>; from Chris Sagar on Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 11:29:38AM -0500 References: <34BF8AF1.1AF78DE9@iterated.com>
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On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 11:29:38AM -0500, Chris Sagar wrote: > I have disk drives currently on SGI server that are software striped > (i.e. 8 4-GB drives appear as a single 32 GB drive). I am planning on > retiring my SGI server and am thinking for using FreeBSD. My question > is: > Does FreeBSD support some method of software striping to allow my 8 4-GB > disks to appear as a single 32 GB drive? I would prefer to stripe across > 2 SCSI controllers, but if only one works, that would be OK. Yes. The CCD driver currently does what you're looking for. I'm also working on a project which offers more flexibility, including RAID5. Watch this space. > Does FreeBSD support file system size of 32 GB? I'm unaware of any reason why not. Greg
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