From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 17 00:02:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12440 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:02:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12425 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:02:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA04441; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:32:39 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA24840; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:32:38 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980117183238.56291@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:32:38 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Chris Sagar Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: software striping in FreeBSD References: <34BF8AF1.1AF78DE9@iterated.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <34BF8AF1.1AF78DE9@iterated.com>; from Chris Sagar on Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 11:29:38AM -0500 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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