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From: "Michael" <teknowene@gmail.com>
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Hello there,

I have a Dell Power Edge 2400 system with 4 X 18 GB SCSI Drives.  I would 
like to use a software Raid 5 using FreeBSD 5.4.  Any suggestions on how to
go about doing it?  I have read so many articles, it makes my head hurt. 
There are many options, for mirroring, but some are better than others, and
some are out of date.  Could someone please tell me what is best for FreeBSD

5.4, and if you have it, a How-to would be nice :-).


Thanks in Advance
Michael.