From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 28 22:40:16 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 87789106566B for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:40:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ipluta@wp.pl) Received: from mx4.wp.pl (mx4.wp.pl [212.77.101.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143DC8FC08 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:40:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (wp-smtpd smtp.wp.pl 28292 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2011 00:13:32 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wp.pl; s=1024a; t=1304028812; bh=p8mH26jhgx3Tpq6WvhDyKUBWvwya5AIT+DMZUDfoiKY=; h=From:To:Subject; b=iMPgAd9YgXNaV4GXSsWKhiihxGrZJw1nG6RwXBsqadqQEbh0T0pEKteuz9k20oeq3 emN8aDTsuHQW7UAyr3y6q+1pDCTegpE/Pr1wZnBbEKA4sVILOV1L2G6DV6XflCWR4X pXlYpqEAknW7XVaoWIZUJ2ftvq6Mcqya61ceLvsQ= Received: from aayo73.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl (HELO [10.0.0.101]) (ipluta@[83.6.126.73]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.wp.pl (WP-SMTPD) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 29 Apr 2011 00:13:32 +0200 Message-ID: <4DB9E68B.2000908@wp.pl> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:13:31 +0200 From: Ireneusz Pluta User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pl; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-WP-AV: skaner antywirusowy poczty Wirtualnej Polski S. A. X-WP-SPAM: NO 0000000 [caMk] Subject: Drive selection for gmirror 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: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:40:16 -0000 Hello, when selecting SATA drives for gmirror, boot device, connected to an on-board controller, should I look for so-called "enterprise grade", or "raid edition" drives (like for instance http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=40), or I should rather focus on models closer to "consumer grade"? Will gmirror configuration significantly benefit from things like TLER, or it would rather be harmful, like when using these disks as single ones in desktop applications? Thanks Irek.