From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 8 16:07:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 A65DA16A4DA for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:07:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B1C343D55 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:07:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c59so180375pyc for ; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:07:49 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=S2Qwwwj+u4BCrnvKxENNPmqcJNTFWn8T6Cl1frZdf9cRppFjA5g3qrWH9JnUgwboFBVPw/FqZLzes4h9fT+HyIS3c5rVxCj2+0KqWfhhNJO3rSNd/luN8ukIeoLGbExyimWJ1AX4mJsYzBUp7vjmv9fpvcwtdOrzngE0xOFAhQc= Received: by 10.35.60.16 with SMTP id n16mr14885055pyk; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:07:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.103.16 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:07:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:07:48 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" To: Freminlins In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large File System? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:07:55 -0000 On 8/8/06, Freminlins wrote: > > On 08/08/06, Atom Powers wrote: > > > > Thanks. I found my problem. (Sysinstall, aka fdisk, won't do more that > 1.2TB.) > > BTW, anybody have any good advice on how to manage a large file system? ... > The single most important thing missing for me in FreeBSD is a journalling > file system as I would use it on every box. What exactly does a journaling file system give you? As I understand it, it doesn't prevent corruption and it doesn't help you fix the corruption when it occurs. > You don't need to do anything more to manage big file systems per se. How > big a file system are you going to create? What are you going to use it for? > That might help with suggestions. File server. It's a Promise VTrak M300p, SCSI attached storage. Frankly I'm more worried about the system crashing than the storage device ( UPS, battery pack for the RAID controller, redundant power supplies ). 2.5TB file system, used mostly for archival storage. Of the initial 2.0TB of data, I expect only about 2-3% to change on a weekly basis. I have another 1.5TB Fiber Channel cabinet that I plan on using to store roaming profiles ( for MS Win uers) and home drives (for *nix users). -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--