Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:14:46 +0200 From: Julien Cigar <julien.cigar@gmail.com> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redundant storage Message-ID: <20160603101446.GM95511@mordor.lan> In-Reply-To: <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org> References: <20160603083843.GK95511@mordor.lan> <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 10:41:38AM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Just one change - don't use RAID1 use ZFS mirrors. ZFS does better > RAID than any hardware controller. right.. I must admit that I haven't looked at ZFS yet (I'm still using UFS + gmirror), but it will be the opportunity to do so..! Does ZFS play well with HAST? > > On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:38:43 +0200 > Julien Cigar <julien.cigar@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking for a low-cost redundant HA storage solution for our (small) > > team here (~30 people). It will be used to store files generated by some > > webapps, to provide a redundant dovecot (imap) server, etc. > > > > For the hardware I have to go with HP (no choice), so I planned to buy > > 2 x HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 E3-1241v3 (768645-421) with > > 4 x WD Hard Drive Re SATA 4TB 3.5in 6gb/s 7200rpm 64MB Buffer > > (WD4000FYYZ) in a RAID1 config (the machine has a smartarray P222 > > controller, which is apparently supported by the ciss driver) > > > > On the FreeBSD side I plan to use HAST with CARP, and the volumes will > > be exported through NFS4. > > > > Any comments on this setup (or other recommendations) ? :) > > > > Thanks! > > Julien > > > > > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> > -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform (http://www.biodiversity.be) PGP fingerprint: EEF9 F697 4B68 D275 7B11 6A25 B2BB 3710 A204 23C0 No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAABCgAGBQJXUViTAAoJELK7NxCiBCPA/fQQAMmlsWXK24Kp0CyMWmhA55DT PVmZNSplj8HrlXdbxNtnPMPTYbIfwRxDcK9Ii7mySfE3z37vgdQCsNqTRFPnOOQ2 iSO34oIZAZC05oEX7wCjpwY2nPfQo4z0Di5EHwLhbtW5R0ATuRbW927f3mZFpeOp zuIcCnUyUXbAuVY2sZ3CfzYGvmDJdOJRjUlvv/jtPezKoR+5yFb/lYmmcW3ZuOjh uZAZ0qH0yqkPSHNFbPwZPeUNQJZJZ3EMmpYdKIi8DBEpn/QQEivvQZnufnvIezVQ 5T12X8pqAvSpv5PdxjKHlPuqlujOjnmK5ZdwR0QSumti/FPoIq9K1cNV2pxtKFDT FvmPbeQB9v3dkwWBnTUn5NgcydP1WnK260CuV6bbJ5TjKqZoiYr6fY9WEF+OPthK 3B1r/Hc1rEmay3mp6klUDr7gfDiIO7sV45qGbUGh0SCuEdLrGg8g9uc0OT6lJlFA zB8LMa3mQfpeHK+tfEmKz7t0q0rnVd7q1NerVmH0pXceytH/gyVtGE4Q7lB/UQ+h 7PrSnIZSdg7XoyWij8XL7kWQFrfH2ljSTTme/pE3v4wqN006H9nl30j6pAwuT/uy Bg0rIXpRyzLmuGcQ0ZJJmjCQaulehEfqaQGdk5/WOCei8P82p64PaTbuVAHrYzBf snIQIbAbsnLQeu+UTTvJ =ZpkA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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