From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 13 08:10:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C60AA16A402 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323A113C471 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:10:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (dapatm@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l1D8AJmt026136; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:10:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l1D8AIlZ026135; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:10:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:10:18 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200702130810.l1D8AIlZ026135@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, indigo@voda.cz, ivoras@fer.hr In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-fs User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:10:24 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: comments on newfs raw disk ? Safe ? (7 terabyte array) X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, indigo@voda.cz, ivoras@fer.hr List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:10:35 -0000 Indigo wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: > > Randy Bush wrote: > > > this thread has been great. but i suspect it would be greatly > > > appreciated if the handbook had a page "How to format and use > > > multi-terabyte drives, facts, trade-offs, and recipies." i am about to > > > do this (5TB), have been gathering info, and feel a appropriately > > > confused. > > > > It probably doesn't have to be a handbook chapter - I think an article > > would also be good, especially because it would contain "rule of thumb" > > information. I'll probably start making one during the next week or > > two... > > It would be nice to have more information about partitioning and > filesystem tuning in the handbook. Im not going to write it -but If anyone > ever decides to write it Id love to help in any way I can. Note that there's already quite some information about that in the tuning(7) manual page. Have you had a look at it? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart Any opinions expressed in this message are personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix GmbH & Co KG in any way. FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Perl will consistently give you what you want, unless what you want is consistency." -- Larry Wall