From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 19 20:06:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 392FE16A4E2 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED34B43DAB for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:05:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id b29so497282pya for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:05:55 -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=SYlFjfU6rf7whCGfJFKWAihzpRUacJy70kVoF9JClJr3XaFWc4hJAcdFqqY0Dh2CJRPcGsEJc5UgzDWACzbRrQHXzUwIWZdZyMY3s3xfJpCc6Xkm4MsPTtR7mXHYD77Z/QbHKhCjnsBSmcPBPrMBOzkuYkHR3zt9QjhHX2QG5jw= Received: by 10.35.126.7 with SMTP id d7mr1677170pyn; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:05:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.76.1 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:05:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <57d710000607191305j72cea987m67af0d727b41a916@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:05:55 -0700 From: "pete wright" To: "Jim Freeze" In-Reply-To: <5cd596d60607191300g59b57835q412e59c2129434d2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5cd596d60607191300g59b57835q412e59c2129434d2@mail.gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need advice on Raid and FreeNas 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: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:06:25 -0000 On 7/19/06, Jim Freeze wrote: > Hi > > I am setting up a file server for a small office (10 computers). > My first attempt at this I used FreeNas. It was easy to setup > and I like that the system is dedicated. > > One downside of this method is that the write times are slower > than I expected. I am using SATA2 drives w/ 8MB buffer on a > 100MB network, but the write times I was getting was about > 2.5GB per hour. I expected 5 GB in ten minutes. > a better metric for us would be network throughput and disk I/O over a shorter period, like kilobit's per sec. > The mother board I am using has a built in raid controller, but > I have never read about anyone having warm fuzzies using > a built in raid card. > hmm...actually the oposite is generally true. what motherboard are you using, and what is the RAID controller chipset? > I assume I could use a hardware raid with FreeNas and have > it setup the CIFS and NFS systems. It is also nice to > be able to boot from a USB drive. > > Another downside is that it is not easy to build and install scripts > onto a FreeNas system. > I'd hit the FreeNAS list regarding questions about scripting and configuration. > Can someone tell me if I am heading down the wrong path using > FreeNas? Should I just use a hardware raid and install FBSD > so I have access to the ports and and configure samba and nfs manually? > it really depends on how you would like to admin it. some folks prefer using a full FreeBSD RELEASE, others seem to prefer FreeNAS. -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group