From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 09:58:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B15106566B for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:58:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF8F8FC1B for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:58:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwd20 with SMTP id 20so4298380wwd.31 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:58:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=4ioj6eAYRw9lp6uxU04bC6Lin2w5lYT6KfrrnBJzdXo=; b=sRYYHIykkK43pM+Wgf5cshkDjd6ljukq1yCJk6slpTEBabs80Y6oRtoZBp+CPTAoYC KB4kMFBGt2+1oA2C9EwVf/gEoQLec8/SXBm1FeXBGdDAWBUkhdXAmnE2xe/aMCyFYkBA h7mnrjVNxQ4zHN3+DJv5JrlIo7/hjNCf7ky4c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=RXv5BAz/a+sNsLs+vjtS3CkLlvYZEF7nE5D1UmrkRSUpaZZP/nm8dEK29kOldpIXtH 0oy1rZCEsX+V1jWaL0WXfZjNuk78dD1L+WQYSdGhbtKJxDFjLYofOdNINnI3ScjtzBa1 54p3qDxUo75d7yHb/CMkfEGnINi3yLLXyRMAs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.27.9 with SMTP id d9mr640797wea.44.1290160696289; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:58:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.72.148 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:58:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CE52F49.4010602@sentex.net> References: <4CE52F49.4010602@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:58:16 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Mike Tancsa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions , Andy Wodfer Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives 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: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:58:18 -0000 On 18 November 2010 13:51, Mike Tancsa wrote: > On 11/18/2010 7:16 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm going to build a server that's intended to store uncompressed > videofiles > > (where 1 hour film equals about 500GB). I plan on using Western Digital > 2TB > > or 3TB SATA harddrives. Total storage in version 1 of this server will > > probably be 8-12 TB. Harddrive speed is not so important so a 5400rpm > drive > > would be OK. Seems like the green line of WD harddrives use both 5400rpm > and > > 7200rpm. I will use RAID 5. > > I would stay away from the green series hard drives for this > application. There have been a number of reports of issues with the > drive's power saving design causing problems when used in raid arrays. > Search the list for more details. Use their black series instead. > > > > > The processor will be a 64bit capable Intel processor and I plan on using > a > > Highpoint Rocketraid or 3ware Raid controller. > > I would use FreeBSD 8.2 ( a contemporary RELENG_8 snapshot in other > words) that is AMD64. > eg > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201011/FreeBSD-8.1-STABLE-201011-amd64-dvd1.iso > > Use ZFS for the file system. Snapshots for backup and data integrity. > 3Wares are great controllers, but a decent MB with 6 SATA ports and then > an additional eSata controller with external drive cage like this one. > http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/adsa3gpx8-4e.asp > > see the man page for ahci on what is supported. > > Booting off zfs is a bit tricky. If you already have the 3ware card, a > pair of smaller / cheaper drives for the base OS and then all your zfs > drives for data storage is the least painful way to go right now. I do > this for my backup server. 10TB of storage, but the box boots off a > 3ware raid card in raid1 mirror for the base OS. > > ZFS is a bit of a different beast at first, but its very worth while to > get to know and understand. > > ---Mike > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Save on the drives and put the base part of the os on a usb stick, just make sure you mount the writeable areas of the os from the pool (tmp, var etc). A few people have mentioned labelling the drives. Its a good thing to do, but take it a step further. Before you put the drives in the system, physically label them with something identifiable (colored sticker, number whatever). Then when you create the logical labels with geom, match them up. Makes you life a lot easier when the 'RED' drive fails