From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 23:33:40 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3013816A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:33:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lorax.ldc.upenn.edu (lorax.LDC.upenn.edu [158.130.16.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C5B43D2D for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:33:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fuzz@ldc.upenn.edu) Received: by lorax.ldc.upenn.edu (Postfix, from userid 32822) id 1B565B256A; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:33:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.ldc.upenn.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 144AAB2562 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:33:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:33:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jason M. Leonard" To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050429155710.4cccc75b.kgunders@teamcool.net> Message-ID: <20050429191736.B43950@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu> References: <4272A6D3.3070109@chuckr.org> <20050429155710.4cccc75b.kgunders@teamcool.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-230314016-1114817619=:43950" Subject: Re: amd64 as nfs-server X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:33:40 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-230314016-1114817619=:43950 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Ken Gunderson wrote: > On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:27:47 +0000 > Chuck Robey wrote: > >> Palle Girgensohn wrote: >>> --On m=E5ndag, april 25, 2005 22.53.01 +0200 Claus Guttesen >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm getting a couple of Dell 2850's with dual EMT64 cpu's @ 2.8 GHz to >>>> replace our very trusty PIII-nfs-servers. I am accustomed to the >>>> rock-solid stability of the i386-port of the 5.x-branch and will >>>> probably put i386 on them. But has anyone used the amd64 coupled with >>>> PE 2850's as nfs-servers? They have onboard em-interfaces. >>> >> >> Well, I don't have the 2850's, but I have a dual amd64 usinmg a Tyan >> Mobo, and it's quite fast, quite safe. I went and bought a couple of >> refurbished 145G scsi drives, and linked them up on a raid via vinum, >> and it's huge, safe, fast, and reliable. Being that it's refurbished, >> the reliable part needs some watching for, but so far, so good. > > Do you mean vinum or gvinum here? (or is gvinum oficially called vinum > now??) Could you elaborate on what type of vinum configs you're using? > I've used it a lot on 4.x, but last I tried it was a long ways from > being ready for prime time on 5.x. Still had issues with gvinum mirror > as of early this month. I hear Lukas has been busting a on it though > so maybe safe to use now?? I have been using gmirror + gstripe (RAID10) to serve /home on a busy=20 multi-user system/NFS server since 5.3-RELEASE/amd64 with zero problems.=20 I use the onboard ahd on a Tyan 2882; half of each gmirrored pair is on a= =20 different channel, then gstriped across the pairs. gmirror=09A=09B=09C=09D ahd0=09A0=09B0=09C0=09D0 ahd1=09A1=09B1=09C1=09D1 gstripe A+B+C+D Caveat emptor: I have not had any drive failures in this configuration. :Fuzz --0-230314016-1114817619=:43950--