Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:05:35 -0400 From: Tomas Quintero <tomasq@gmail.com> To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE Message-ID: <9e46c99e050425160557a21293@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050425224428.DF3D434964@mxc1.crockettint.com> References: <200504251353484.SM00336@quickstep> <20050425224428.DF3D434964@mxc1.crockettint.com>
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I am almost a bit curious why you didn't go with a Microsoft based solution in a situation like this, where you are needing to provide SMB based file sharing to obviously Windows client desktops. Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I suppose it's too late for all of that. On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez <emartinez@crockettint.com> wrote: > No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bias > obviously because generally it is someone else's time and money that is on > the line. Thanks for the info, I didn't know the whole second array thing, > that would explain some of the weirdness that I have been seeing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Wiese [mailto:brently@bjwcs.com] > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:54 PM > To: emartinez@crockettint.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE > > > Any one else think they know of a better method?? > > Well, I'm probably going to get totally flamed for this, but since you > asked... > > The better method is to install Windows 2003 Server. Assemble your drives > into 2TB or less RAID5 volumes (btw, you only want 1 per 3Ware card, more on > that in a second) and use Windows 2003 to span those volumes. It'll show up > as one drive after that. There is some limit, but I can't remember what it > is. Its huge though. > > And in case you didn't know, 3Ware cards are only speed-optimized for the > first array. Subsequent arrays on a card run painfully slow. They won't say > it in any of their lit, but if you corner their support people, they'll > admit it (it obvious if you try it). > > Sorry to mention M$ here, but it sounds like you invested incredible amounts > of time, and even Windows 2003 can be cheaper than your time at some point. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- -Tomas Quinterohelp
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