Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:44:02 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as NAS Message-ID: <87vfumb93h.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <000d01c33fa8$83268060$8458a0c2@uniag.sk> (cvbnm@fem.uniag.sk's message of "Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:12:27 %2B0200") References: <000d01c33fa8$83268060$8458a0c2@uniag.sk>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-07-01T08:12:27Z, "CVBNM" <cvbnm@fem.uniag.sk> writes: > - correct hardware support (is 1Gbit/s network working correctly?, > hotswaping, RAID controller) Just FYI, I admin a few servers with SCSI/160 drivers in software RAID setups (using mirroring exclusively so performance isn't an issue). Hotswapping drives is a piece of cake. I have a standard RAID configuration file, so replacing a drive is as simple as: 1) Shutting down the drive inside the RAID 2) Using atacontrol to stop the drive 3) Swapping it out with a new one 4) Using atacontrol to rescan the bus 5) Fdisk and disklabel the drive 6) Typing "vinum create /etc/raidconfig" to layout the drive 7) Typing "vinum start <subdisk names>" to sync the data If I had to do it more than once a year or so, I'd probably throw it all into a script with "Press any key to continue" prompts. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/AZ425sRg+Y0CpvERAjbJAJ46fh7OJxKe2710muCA3R7X3PjeuQCfXZYW 6hPNBhZIAAKe2a32Y8XLQrs= =Os3j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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