From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 26 15:32:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0AF1065673 for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:32:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 477568FC18 for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe6 with SMTP id 6so635663wwe.31 for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:32:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=bU9K6zM93t+uQHA721TNGva0Q0LR6ChMGZjD4Z7r5p8=; b=OZdEE3B8bwHbfnKR23u78fj5btkc3BAtjbJAkzSKKHPRpuXDSNj5sxkuSkPFt4S37W cOd8/Rtt9hsSKRK1ciiqVwmE9QZ7H3ru277+f9TMnbz4dmSlVV/qPwSSh9S8woUHM6T3 Ljf3SeOs/xUC7B8chdzd5OrxJENiUhNbIDuBo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.160.144 with SMTP id n16mr593874fax.88.1311694346302; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.124.67 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:32:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E2E6349.31621.5CCE7B53@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> References: <20110725120012.2415C10656F2@hub.freebsd.org> <4E2E6349.31621.5CCE7B53@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:32:26 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: d.forsyth@ru.ac.za Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graid3 or graid5? with or without gjournal? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:32:27 -0000 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:48 AM, DA Forsyth wrote: > The advantage of using graid3 at this point is that the extra 1TB > drive I have can then go into the backup server which needs more > space anyway. > > Having suffered data loss on the previous raid5 (intel matrix) array > when UFS went bananas due to one drive failing, I am looking at > solutions/preventatives. Will gjournal be useful? > Graid3 for several reasons. Works great with gjournal. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-geom/2007-May/002337.html You could also consider RAIDZx -- Adam Vande More