Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:20:51 +1030 From: Indexer <indexer@internode.on.net> To: Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives Message-ID: <5787770E-2836-43EE-B16C-BAFE9250032D@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin5jj-XbRLKF-Pe1tbbZyP9nEjNNVmSWhyhyX_W@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimh50XGrXraNzBCeY9mZj3wsWPG=RRkRiF_fRf=@mail.gmail.com> <66248F21-1914-467A-9874-B5987F5E4790@internode.on.net> <AANLkTin5jj-XbRLKF-Pe1tbbZyP9nEjNNVmSWhyhyX_W@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/11/2010, at 23:12, Andy Wodfer wrote: > [snip] >=20 >>> 1. Which FreeBSD version should I install? (it must support large >> drives). >>> I'm currently using the standard FreeBSD 8.1 (STABLE) on several = servers, >>> but this is a 32bit version, right? I suppose I need a 64bit version = when >> I >>> use large harddrives? >>=20 >> Freebsd has been 64 bit for a long time. It supports multiple >> architectures. You want amd64 (yes, even on an intel 64bit) >=20 >=20 > Thanks! I didn't know I could use amd64 on Intel servers. Then my next > questions will be: How about the ports collection - does the 64bit = version > have most of the ports? I need ffmpeg, php, apache, mysql, = imagemagick, > ghostscript, exiftools and a few more small ones. Yes, it has largely the same ports. 64bit support has been very good for = a long time, i use it on all my servers, production and dev. >=20 >=20 >>>=20 >>> 2. I know that the 3ware Raid controller supports larger drives than = 2TB >> (or >>> was it 1TB?). The Highpoint controller I'm not so sure of, but I've = had >> good >>> experience with these on a few Windows servers and on one FreeBSD = server. >> My >>> setup would be to use the entire disk for both operating system and >>> filestorage (in version 1). How can I create this huge = partition/slice? I >>> don't think the installer (atleast on the standard FreeBSD version) >> supports >>> these large drives? >>>=20 >>=20 >> You can use vinum or ZFS. >>=20 > Excellent. I'm using ZFS on a FreeNAS installation. Is ZFS still = considered > experimental on FreeBSD or is it now production ready? What tool or = command > is used to partition/format/create a large ZFS drive? >=20 > Thanks and best regards, > Andy > _______________________________________________ > 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" William Brown pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJM5SEuAAoJEHF16AnLoz6J1fQP/jvPKWwQwKNffF4VGvjH/xN/ kFZ7jPCGY9hUamZjw7XpXbS7rmlVQzhUBHNI4og+K/wfn7eCtVE78cKYYWofOJ7S OsboIRRFWIHEL+Ob1MlTxlP+zCKE3ZFM8dy8ZDTqAkX2kEroj2tUrQl63+1uaJeJ 0fJ67Svsv36zVYjIRCJteaWgGARqZSKz8zVl6OfLuedcEh2ui571AWggMdnVtZ+S Y+T6kM9ZP5cYsbX7lruCJRdzM1H1GCaAClwrzpzK5Wedf/TQq07qtbcCohFhhtvw T/cr+KXm+bvOsUbMI/++mXfAxs6JB2mjl1Y0gi8ePFluC3FSwmI7jsdOEhpcY2CD vU27CIIC7bUyY8d0Q77rufVb8CpgcqELUEzejdfP6inBM9sQ+5Ds4M1420EXlGMo w0HXLoK5fYhXpQvBhYwT6gbcrJ/l4vUANa6YwP53igFU3JVXnmgRgA7iDZWyeG3N Ub5tdjcJpUCxUP7W0BMHdOa5/wkwv8vXhBTACRVK0Nrq0gbFTCqUJn2jhEOa2P1x FbrhlWMSXmZ2PlSKro7sqcYg3EeXH8zlPuAWO88ZPufBTxnTqsDY+rBYsM4HFN1S bKcsKWkkF8GoYs0yg407r/GhNt4+GvpQnU9JQJPQVHgwyapvcDT9uIZ/Q9dw1ps6 xL1pUajo//OKwSGBIi2c =3DS+nL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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