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
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Andy Wodfer wod...@gmail.com wrote:
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
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
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter fb...@peterk.org wrote:
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'
On 18 November 2010 13:51, Mike Tancsa m...@sentex.net wrote:
On 11/18/2010 7:16 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote:
Hi,
I'm going to build a server that's intended to store uncompressed
videofiles
(where 1 hour film equals about 500GB). I plan on using Western Digital
2TB
or 3TB SATA harddrives.
On 19 November 2010 09:48, Andy Wodfer wod...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter fb...@peterk.org wrote:
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
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:44:12 +
Paul Wootton p...@fletchermoorland.co.uk wrote:
Here is a copy from smartctl
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000Old_age
Always - 5958
193 Load_Cycle_Count0x0032 001 001 000Old_age
Always -
On 19/11/2010 10:00, krad wrote:
If you already have a 3ware card and you are familiar with them, why not let
it do the raid and just plonk zfs on top of the lun presented to the system?
Will make booting off pure zfs much easier.
There's a lot of duplication of function there -- both ZFS and
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter fb...@peterk.org wrote:
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'
On 19 November 2010 10:25, Matthew Seaman
m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.ukwrote:
On 19/11/2010 10:00, krad wrote:
If you already have a 3ware card and you are familiar with them, why not
let
it do the raid and just plonk zfs on top of the lun presented to the
system?
Will make booting off
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:58 AM, krad kra...@gmail.com wrote:
A few people have mentioned labelling the drives. Its a good thing to do,
but take it a step further. Before you put the drives in the system,
physically label them with something identifiable (colored sticker, number
whatever).
Hi,
I'm going to build a server that's intended to store uncompressed videofiles
(where 1 hour film equals about 500GB). I plan on using Western Digital 2TB
or 3TB SATA harddrives. Total storage in version 1 of this server will
probably be 8-12 TB. Harddrive speed is not so important so a 5400rpm
large harddrives?
Freebsd has been 64 bit for a long time. It supports multiple architectures.
You want amd64 (yes, even on an intel 64bit)
2. I know that the 3ware Raid controller supports larger drives than 2TB (or
was it 1TB?). The Highpoint controller I'm not so sure of, but I've had good
[snip]
1. Which FreeBSD version should I install? (it must support large
drives).
I'm currently using the standard FreeBSD 8.1 (STABLE) on several servers,
but this is a 32bit version, right? I suppose I need a 64bit version when
I
use large harddrives?
Freebsd has been 64 bit
suppose I need a 64bit version when
I
use large harddrives?
Freebsd has been 64 bit for a long time. It supports multiple
architectures. You want amd64 (yes, even on an intel 64bit)
Thanks! I didn't know I could use amd64 on Intel servers. Then my next
questions will be: How about the ports
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:14 +0100
Andy Wodfer wod...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks! I didn't know I could use amd64 on Intel servers. Then my next
questions will be: How about the ports collection - does the 64bit
version have most of the ports? I need ffmpeg, php, apache, mysql,
imagemagick,
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Sorry missed the ZFS part.
2. I know that the 3ware Raid controller supports larger drives than 2TB
(or
was it 1TB?). The Highpoint controller I'm not so sure of, but I've had
good
experience with these on a few Windows servers and on one
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:51:13 +
Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote:
There's a guide to installing FreeBSD on zfs at
http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot . Note that even if you
have a 'legacy' BIOS you can still use GPT - if you use the MBR scheme
you'll be limited to a maximum
On 11/18/2010 7:16 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote:
Hi,
I'm going to build a server that's intended to store uncompressed videofiles
(where 1 hour film equals about 500GB). I plan on using Western Digital 2TB
or 3TB SATA harddrives. Total storage in version 1 of this server will
probably be 8-12 TB.
On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote:
Hi,
I'm going to build a server that's intended to store uncompressed videofiles
(where 1 hour film equals about 500GB). I plan on using Western Digital 2TB
or 3TB SATA harddrives. Total storage in version 1 of this server will
probably be
On 2010/11/18 at 3:16, wod...@gmail.com (Andy Wodfer) wrote:
Total storage in version 1 of this server will
probably be 8-12 TB.
...
The processor will be a 64bit capable Intel processor and I plan on using a
Highpoint Rocketraid or 3ware Raid controller.
...
1. Which FreeBSD version should
On Nov 18, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Peter A. Giessel wrote:
On 2010/11/18 at 3:16, wod...@gmail.com (Andy Wodfer) wrote:
Total storage in version 1 of this server will
probably be 8-12 TB.
...
The processor will be a 64bit capable Intel processor and I plan on using a
Highpoint Rocketraid or
On 2010/11/18 at 8:44, ryan.cole...@cwis.biz (Ryan Coleman) wrote:
FYI: I used Seagate hard drives (I hear they are
coming out with a 3TB internal drive any day now):
Yes, but a 5200-5400 RPM drive, I believe.
From the OP:
On 2010/11/18 at 3:16, wod...@gmail.com (Andy Wodfer) wrote:
On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:51 AM, Mike Tancsa wrote:
On 11/18/2010 7:16 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote:
Harddrive speed is not so important so a 5400rpm drive
would be OK. Seems like the green line of WD harddrives use both 5400rpm and
7200rpm. I will use RAID 5.
I would stay away from the green series
On 11/18/10 18:23, Chuck Swiger wrote:
On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:51 AM, Mike Tancsa wrote:
On 11/18/2010 7:16 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote:
Harddrive speed is not so important so a 5400rpm drive
would be OK. Seems like the green line of WD harddrives use both 5400rpm and
7200rpm. I will use RAID 5.
I
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