Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:30:01 -0700 From: "Peter" <fbsdq@peterk.org> To: "Andy Wodfer" <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives Message-ID: <15996e2cfb833e0ed3fa9d19725b3a95.squirrel@pop.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=-xfMZ7cVXmEZMt21C9LE5JGqmaby5%2B3ieQDX3@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimh50XGrXraNzBCeY9mZj3wsWPG=RRkRiF_fRf=@mail.gmail.com> <4CE52F49.4010602@sentex.net> <218D523D-A5BF-4E37-BC75-2FBF67C1D618@mac.com> <AANLkTi=-xfMZ7cVXmEZMt21C9LE5JGqmaby5%2B3ieQDX3@mail.gmail.com>
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> Thanks a lot to all who responded to my post. > > I have learned lots here. Too bad I have to find another use for my 4 x > 2TB > green WDC drives I have laying around. Anyways - they'll probably end up > as > a temp/work drive on a few Windows stations. > > Btw. will these drive work better in a ZFS "pool/tank" (not connected to a > raid card)? I have noticed on my FreeNAS server that you can group several > drives together into "one" large ZFS "drive". I tend to stay away from raid cards. With ZFS pools all you need is ZFS and any OS [easily move drives around servers], vs. raid cards have to be the same if moving/replacing/card fails. With 'ZFS: do not give it all your HDD' [ http://www.freebsddiary.org/zfs-with-gpart.php ] You don't even need to have drives that are exactly the same. Completely not tied to any hardware.... > > So my conclusion is so far: I'm going to go for the 64bit version of > FreeBSD > and use ZFS (mainly due to error correction), but perhaps UFS for the OS. > I > will use a Raid controller (probably the RocketRaid 2640x1 which I have > here, but may also consider getting a new 3ware card with battery backup), > get the largest Raid Edition drives (need to order them) and use a > separate > Raid 1 for the OS (or worst case simply a SATA connector on the > motherboard > and backup this often) and a Raid 5 for the file storage area. > > Again - thanks a lot for all your help! Very appreciated! > > Best regards, > Andy > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- ]Peter[
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