Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:49:09 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Moti Levy <moti@flncs.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD - software raid Message-ID: <3EF1BF55.2080203@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <03a101c33667$a9379770$0201010a@bvg6> References: <03a101c33667$a9379770$0201010a@bvg6>
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Moti Levy wrote: > Hi, > before I do the unthinkable and use Linux for a server , I ask for your > help. > I have a set of 4 IDE drives . > I need to build a file server that'll run samba/nfs I've done this. Works very well. > I want to use all 4 drives as a raid 5 array and use the combined space for > storage. > is there a way to do it with FreeBSD ? > I looked at ccd and vinum but as far as my understanding goes , I cant use > it during setup but rather build the > system first and than use ccd/vinum on all BUT the system disk . > am I wrong ? Yes. > is there a solution out there ? You can use all four drives in your Vinum array. There used to be a restriction that the root partition could not be part of the Vinum array, but that's no longer the case, see the Vinum section of the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html And specifically this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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