Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:38:42 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: zfs with a bunch of drives Message-ID: <CALfReycTyL_VXJNrOzvax5SB7gk-R2PAkd5OMWn4RyDNM=0tKA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <m2fwfqur1c.wl%randy@psg.com>
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On 8 January 2012 15:56, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote: > we want to build a new 16-drive RELENG_9 server on which we intend to > run a bunch of vboxen. a couple of years ago, we built a 16-drive > server. based on advice here not to just do a big raidz, it was > configured as eight mirrors > > tank ONLINE 0 0 0 > mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 > label/m00-d01 ONLINE 0 0 0 > label/m00-d00 ONLINE 0 0 0 > mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 > label/m01-d00 ONLINE 0 0 0 > label/m01-d01 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > and so forth. is this still the best advice for performance? > > and is there a url for building a bootable RELENG_9 zfs-only system? > last i looked there were a half dozen all somewhat different. > > thanks for clue. > > randy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > striping mirrors will be fast but wasteful on space. two groups of raidz2 would be nice but slightly slower depends whats more important to you thoughhome | help
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