From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 23:08:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26DB516A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:08:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com (chameleon1.crockettint.com [206.224.72.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D167443D5D for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:08:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emartinez@crockettint.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54385352C9; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:08:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mxc1.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30225-07; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:08:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from memnoch (cpe-67-9-176-31.austin.res.rr.com [67.9.176.31]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582E9352C8; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:08:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Edgar Martinez" To: "'Tomas Quintero'" Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:08:51 -0500 Organization: Crockett International MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcVJ60yH9uGxvtbTSCaBDHLLkCvMigAAEdmg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 In-Reply-To: <9e46c99e050425160557a21293@mail.gmail.com> Message-Id: <20050425230851.582E9352C8@mxc1.crockettint.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at crockettint.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: emartinez@crockettint.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:08:56 -0000 Easy answer...the desktops are actually not windows based...they are Apple OSX / Linux systems...SMB is just for the transient Windows based systems that will need to access the array, but do not run NFS. -----Original Message----- From: Tomas Quintero [mailto:tomasq@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:06 PM To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: Brent Wiese; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE I am almost a bit curious why you didn't go with a Microsoft based solution in a situation like this, where you are needing to provide SMB based file sharing to obviously Windows client desktops. Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I suppose it's too late for all of that. On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez wrote: > No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bias > obviously because generally it is someone else's time and money that is on > the line. Thanks for the info, I didn't know the whole second array thing, > that would explain some of the weirdness that I have been seeing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Wiese [mailto:brently@bjwcs.com] > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:54 PM > To: emartinez@crockettint.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE > > > Any one else think they know of a better method?? > > Well, I'm probably going to get totally flamed for this, but since you > asked... > > The better method is to install Windows 2003 Server. Assemble your drives > into 2TB or less RAID5 volumes (btw, you only want 1 per 3Ware card, more on > that in a second) and use Windows 2003 to span those volumes. It'll show up > as one drive after that. There is some limit, but I can't remember what it > is. Its huge though. > > And in case you didn't know, 3Ware cards are only speed-optimized for the > first array. Subsequent arrays on a card run painfully slow. They won't say > it in any of their lit, but if you corner their support people, they'll > admit it (it obvious if you try it). > > Sorry to mention M$ here, but it sounds like you invested incredible amounts > of time, and even Windows 2003 can be cheaper than your time at some point. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- -Tomas Quintero