From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 00:25:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 828FD1065673 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:25:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crm@colinrmitchell.endoftheinternet.org) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB2A8FC0A for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:25:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([10.127.143.53]) by cdptpa-qmta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20110429001721593.NUQD11128@cdptpa-qmta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:17:21 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=2pE2Kh9Ye2ywHyyFZnC5ZQ1FvuPrdOtuPO5uN4ysVDU= c=1 sm=0 a=UyUf7MaqbzsA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=JnST6wXuvK01mWvlBq5XnA==:17 a=65y5HQuG9SdPgCH7SYAA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=zuCGWtMrliKT_4NH:21 a=K6BX7KwIkFEN-4r8:21 a=JnST6wXuvK01mWvlBq5XnA==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 98.27.179.129 Received: from [98.27.179.129] ([98.27.179.129:43025] helo=server.localdomain) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 18/AC-05159-D320ABD4; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:11:41 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.184] (lenovo [192.168.0.184]) by server.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88D5742C for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:11:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Colin Mitchell To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:11:31 -0400 Message-ID: <1304035891.5251.7.camel@lenovo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:00:49 +0000 Subject: Hardware RAID and FreeBSD. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:25:13 -0000 Hello, BSDians. I am kind of a n00b to FreeBSD but have had great success and fun with it so far. I have two old Dell servers at home. One has Ubuntu server and is my web and mail server. The other is FreeBSD, and I run servers for a video game on it. I really like the FreeBSD server, especially the ports system, and how well it runs even though it is a 1GHz CPU. Anyways, I bought a new lower-end computer that I was hoping to replace both with. It is a dirt-cheap dual-core AMD that I had built for $175US. It came with a 500GB HDD, and I would like to get another one to put in it. Now, I would like to set up as a mirrored RAID setup (I think). I don't really know much about RAID, but I want to have the same disk image on both hard drives (in case one fails), and possibly three if I buy another HDD in the future. Is RAID 1 what I want? I also want to do SVN on it for my PhD code, as well as back up my Wordpress, Coppermine, etc... Now, here is where the FreeBSD gurus can chime in. I would like to get a hardware RAID card to tie it all together. I am also looking for a cheap one, maybe $30-$60US, if this is even feasible. Anyone have any suggestions? Any successes? Also, I see a lot of talk on here bout ZFS. Is this something I should try, instead of the standard UFS? Thanks for any help and suggestions! Colin.