Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:34:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joshua Lewis" <jmlewis@dslextreme.com> To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Highpoint RAID HPT374 Message-ID: <71f4a11286a1afa4a17864a.20040916223413.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com>
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I have two questions for the list. I am looking to make a RAID MIRROR using my built in HPT374 raid controller on my ABIT AT7-MAX motherboard. I will be installing the OS, MySQL, BIND9, POSTFIX2, APACHE2, PHP4, and MONO. I realize I should use separate drives. I will when I have the money. So my questions are: one is there anything special I should keep in mind (like drivers that support this chip and so on) and two when I was creating the array in the BIOS utility it asked what block size I would like to use. I know what a block size is but I don't know what the benefits and drawbacks are to larger vs. smaller block sizes. On a normal desktop I would always say go for the smallest block size. FAT16 or FAT32 I would choose FAT32 as it allows for smaller blocks sizes and other benefits. I realize this is not a discussion on Partition types but I was using it as an example. Any thoughts? Thank you, Joshua Lewis
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