Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:30:03 +0800 From: francisv@dagupan.com To: sbernard@gmu.edu, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: RAID5 Message-ID: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A908F812@chat.dagupan.com>
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Speaking of RAID, what RAID card that supports IDE would you recommend for FreeBSD? Can it boot from the RAID device or do you need a separate boot disk for that? > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bernard [mailto:sbernard@gmu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:27 AM > To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: RAID5 > > Assuming identical HDs, with RAID 5 available disk space is equal to drive > size*(n-1), where n is the number of drives you are using. In your case, > 36GB*(3-1) == 36GB*2 == 72GB. The diskspace used for parity is not > configurable. > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ronan Lucio > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:12 PM > To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RAID5 > > > Hi All, > > I have a doubt about RAID5: > > If I have 3 HDs with 36 Gb each in RAID5, what is > my total abaliable space? > > Can I select it? > For example: Can I create 20 Gb for parity + 88 Gb of > avaliable space? > > Thanks, > Ronan Lucio > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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