Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:13:32 -0400 From: Tomas Quintero <tomasq@gmail.com> To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE Message-ID: <9e46c99e050425161366037ce9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050425230851.582E9352C8@mxc1.crockettint.com> References: <9e46c99e050425160557a21293@mail.gmail.com> <20050425230851.582E9352C8@mxc1.crockettint.com>
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Ah my mistake, I hadn't read all of what was said in its entirety. On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez <emartinez@crockettint.com> wrote: > Easy answer...the desktops are actually not windows based...they are Appl= e > OSX / Linux systems...SMB is just for the transient Windows based systems > that will need to access the array, but do not run NFS. >=20 > -----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 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I > suppose it's too late for all of that. >=20 > On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez <emartinez@crockettint.com> wrote: > > No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bia= s > > 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 thi= ng, > > 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 driv= es > > into 2TB or less RAID5 volumes (btw, you only want 1 per 3Ware card, mo= re > on > > that in a second) and use Windows 2003 to span those volumes. It'll sho= w > 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 t= he > > 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" > > >=20 > -- > -Tomas Quintero >=20 >=20 --=20 -Tomas Quintero
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