Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:15:20 -0500 From: Graham Todd <gtodd@bellanet.org> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is the best way to use free space on several boxes? Message-ID: <4D010098.4030406@bellanet.org> In-Reply-To: <20101209141412.GA62013@relay.ibs.dn.ua> References: <20101209141412.GA62013@relay.ibs.dn.ua>
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On 12/09/10 09:14, Zeus V Panchenko wrote: > Hi All, > > we have several FreeBSD 8-STABLE boxes, each has 2x500GB HDD in gmirror > UFS dedicated > > but really it's used less than 30% each box ... > > so, advice please, what is the best/correct/right way to use the free > space on the boxes? nfs? zfs? iscsi? > > the aim is to have storage place ... Have you tried hastd? I believe at this time it only syncs to one remote node but Mikolaj Golub has documented how to build a "stacked" HAST setup out of 2x2 systems. I think the plan is for hast to be able to use multiple nodes Otherwise you could iscsi export files/volumes from each box (i.e. made with truncate or dd) and then use those into a zpool. I'm guessing that if you then nfs exported the file systems from that pool things could be a bit slow though :)
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