Hi :)
if you should be subscribed to jack devel, you might be interested in this
thread.
http://lists.jackaudio.org/private.cgi/jack-devel-jackaudio.org/2013-January/010610.html
[1]
I don't expect hints, but it's worth to ask.
Oops, I made a mistake, I only tested the inputs, not the outputs
Hi Ruslan :)
here's the output of sysctl hw.snd and sysctl dev.pcm.
$ sysctl hw.snd
hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0
hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45
hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 1
hw.snd.latency_profile: 1
hw.snd.latency: 5
hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1
hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0
hw.snd.feeder_eq_e
please include also the output of
1. sysctl hw.snd
2. sysctl dev.pcm
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:47:09AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Thank you Ian :)
>
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:25:59 +0100, Ian Smith wrote:
> > 'cat /dev/sndstat'
>
> I already posted it ;). However, I set sysctl hw.snd.verbose
Thank you Ian :)
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:25:59 +0100, Ian Smith wrote:
'cat /dev/sndstat'
I already posted it ;). However, I set sysctl hw.snd.verbose=2, here it's
again [1].
It's a cheap professional audio device, IOW it's not a consumer or
semi-professional device, so cheap doesn't mean
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Cc: FreeBSD quest
> Hi :)
Hi Ralf,
I've been following this saga for a while, with interest but no specific
knowledge of your gear nor how you intend to use it. All I can comment
on is the way you're going about reporting and debugging your issues
Hi :)
I can use Opera to play YouTube by the analog IOs of the HDSPe AIO sound
card. I can use Jack with OSS and play a WAV by Audacity and by Audacious
and I also can hear ZynAddSubFX. All of them only use the 2 analog IOs.
If I test VLC with OSS and /dev/dsp or /dev/dsp* (* is for 0 to 7)
>
> I am pleased to see others having success at getting tablet input to work.
> I tried and failed with 8.x on my Fujitsu T-1010.
>
> Question: The button emulation. Did you add that or was it already there? I
> want to use Squeak Smalltalk on a tablet and the three button mouse
> emulation is a
Well... apparently I was able to get this to work on my own. To recap, I
have an ExoPC Slate running FreeBSD 9.0 and xorg 1.7 with an eGalax
USB HID touch screen. Out of the box, ums(4) claims it but doesn't
like it.
After investigating a bit more, I found that the screen has multiple HID
collect
Okay. I have my doubts that anyone will be able to answer this question
but I'm going to try anyway.
I have an ExoPC Slate tablet with FreeBSD 9.0 freshly installed on it,
and it has the following touch screen device:
ugen0.2: at usbus0
ums0: on
usbus0
tablet# usbconfig -u 0 -a 2 dump_device_
Hi All,
The following instructions allows one to play Diablo III under either i386 or
amd64 FreeBSD 9. Unfortunately actually installing the game does not work due
to problems with Agent.exe however once installed (from a Windows instance)
the game runs well, with 48 hours reported as error fr
Hi Tim,
FreeBSD-arm should be the list to look into
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> I'm not quite sure where to ask this so even a pointer to the
> right place would be appreciated:
>
> Is there any intent/work underwa
On 02/29/12 15:30, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
I'm not quite sure where to ask this so even a pointer to the
right place would be appreciated:
Is there any intent/work underway to port FBSD to the Raspberry PI
ARM SBC? At $35 this thing looks perfect for firewall/DNS/dhcp
boundary machines.
+1 on the
I'm not quite sure where to ask this so even a pointer to the
right place would be appreciated:
Is there any intent/work underway to port FBSD to the Raspberry PI
ARM SBC? At $35 this thing looks perfect for firewall/DNS/dhcp
boundary machines.
Thanks,
--
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 05:46:13PM -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote:
> >
> > I am interested in learning about Android Development. I am
> > searching information on the web, documentation about how to start
> > learning about Android Development. An
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 05:46:13PM -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote:
>
> I am interested in learning about Android Development. I am
> searching information on the web, documentation about how to start
> learning about Android Development. Any links or tips to look at are
> more than welcomed.
>
> Talki
Hello all.
First of all a great year to all. My best wishes.
I was wondering if you can give your advice and comments about the following.
I am interested in learning about Android Development. I am searching
information on the web, documentation about how to start learning
about Android Deve
aphics and related software,
precision of floating point calculations,
intro to latex, importance of standards in
software, etc.
What I'm looking for:
I'd like to have one lecture on FreeBSD and
what it can do for numerical analysis. I'm
looking for somebody who can come to Bristol
on
> 1-Port directory update through portsnap
> 2-FreeBSD src update through CTM
> 3-Port updates through distfiles and/or packages
>
> I think 1- and 2- are quite straightforward. To allow 1- I need to white
> list the whole content of http://portsnap.freebsd.org/ . To allow 2- I need
> to white li
Hi,
I am working on a network which uses a http/ftp proxy that prompts by
default for user permission before downloading any file. In order to be able
to keep my system up-to-date (FreeBSD and ports), I have to white list the
FreeBSD servers and directories that need to be accessible, because
Hi,
I am working on a network which uses a http/ftp proxy that prompts by
default for user permission before downloading any file. In order to be able
to keep my system up-to-date (FreeBSD and ports), I have to white list the
FreeBSD servers and directories that need to be accessible, because
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 366, Issue 8, Message: 5
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:23:48 -0700 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
>
> > On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote:
> > > the current FreeBSD Handbook ... states
> > > "FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partiti
Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote:
> > the current FreeBSD Handbook ... states
> > "FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition."
> >
> > However, in the last couple of days, I have been advised that
> > FreeBSD can be installed in, and, quite happily runs in,
On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote:
> Some time ago, I asked on this list, about installing FreeBSD, and it
> was then confirmed that FreeBSD requires to be installed in a primary
> partition.
>
> That is consistent with the current FreeBSD Handbook, which states
> "Fr
hello.
Some time ago, I asked on this list, about installing FreeBSD, and it
was then confirmed that FreeBSD requires to be installed in a primary
partition.
That is consistent with the current FreeBSD Handbook, which states
"FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition."
H
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:40:00 +0300
Andriy Gapon wrote:
> At the moment FreeBSD doesn't support dumping to ZFS zvols, if that's
> what you are asking.
At the moment I have root on UFS and freebsd-swap considering to move
both under ZFS. Is inability to dump to ZFS something I should be
concerned
2011/4/29 Marco van Tol :
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:14:08PM +0300, Vladislav V. Prodan wrote:
>> 28.04.2011 19:40, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> >At the moment FreeBSD doesn't support dumping to ZFS zvols, if that's what
>> >you are
>> >asking.
>>
>> And when do planning to add support? :)
>> Option to
28.04.2011 22:25, Yuri Pankov wrote:
Why not just use your swap partition as dumpdev?
For example?
When ZFS is started, it initializes the swap and core dump data will be
erased, not having to perform savecore?
--
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VVP24-UANIC
+380[67]4584408
+380[99]4060508
vla...@jabber.r
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:14:08PM +0300, Vladislav V. Prodan wrote:
> 28.04.2011 19:40, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> >At the moment FreeBSD doesn't support dumping to ZFS zvols, if that's what
> >you are
> >asking.
>
> And when do planning to add support? :)
> Option to use to dump the usb-flash has it
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:14:08PM +0300, Vladislav V. Prodan wrote:
> 28.04.2011 19:40, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> > At the moment FreeBSD doesn't support dumping to ZFS zvols, if that's what
> > you are
> > asking.
>
> And when do planning to add support? :)
> Option to use to dump the usb-flash has
28.04.2011 19:40, Andriy Gapon wrote:
At the moment FreeBSD doesn't support dumping to ZFS zvols, if that's what you
are
asking.
And when do planning to add support? :)
Option to use to dump the usb-flash has its limitations, both on disk
size and write speed?
--
Vladislav V. Prodan
VVP24-
on 28/04/2011 19:01 Vladislav V. Prodan said the following:
> I have the ZFS-Only FreeBSD 8.2.
> # gpart show
> => 34 321672893 ad4 GPT (153G)
> 341281 freebsd-boot (64K)
> 162 335544322 freebsd-swap (16G)
>33554594 2881183333 freebsd-zfs
I have the ZFS-Only FreeBSD 8.2.
# gpart show
=> 34 321672893 ad4 GPT (153G)
341281 freebsd-boot (64K)
162 335544322 freebsd-swap (16G)
33554594 2881183333 freebsd-zfs (137G)
How to obtain crash dump, so he kept on zfs?
Is it enough for i
On 14 February 2011 23:55, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 03:32:30PM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>>
>> >From what I understand (a quick review of wikipedia helps :), modern
>> >flash cards are now typically rated for 100K writes, include ECC bits
>> >to actually correct or at least de
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 03:32:30PM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>
> >From what I understand (a quick review of wikipedia helps :), modern
> >flash cards are now typically rated for 100K writes, include ECC bits
> >to actually correct or at least detect errors and try to remap bad
> >blocks to unused
Hi--
On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:17 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> I would be curious to hear stories from people who actually *have* run
> into SSD failures related to write limitations. I've heard a lot of
> speculation but no actual anecdotes. I'm sure they're out there; but
> I also know people are m
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Frank Shute wrote:
> Agreed. I posted my short experience of using an SSD as a workstation
> drive and I'd be interested in hearing the experience of any other
> users. Problems? Praise? Let's hear it.
While not quite a workstation application, in a previous job
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:10:47 -0800, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Chip Camden wrote:
>
> > But for users who do not wish to learn anything ...
> > the Microsoft Way fits the bill.
> ^
>
> Of course. It's his company. But does it fit anyone else?
It perfectly f
Chip Camden wrote:
> But for users who do not wish to learn anything ...
> the Microsoft Way fits the bill.
^
Of course. It's his company. But does it fit anyone else?
>;-)
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:10:26AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
>
> Hey, I just found out that libreoffice can open all those old .WRI files
> that MS Office no longer recognizes! Thanks for the tip!
My pleasure.
I bet it doesn't have the old Windows Write memory leak, either -- which,
by the way,
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:29:15AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
>
> But for users who do not wish to learn anything and who want to use
> their computer the same way they use their DVD player or their electric
> toothbrush, the Microsoft Way fits the bill.
I think you're being too kind to the obviou
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:05:51PM -0500, Maxim Khitrov wrote:
>
> Can you guys please take Microsoft bashing elsewhere? This thread is
> about FreeBSD and SSDs - a topic I'd like to hear more about from
> people with first-hand experience in running such setup.
Perhaps
Quoth Bruce Cran on Sunday, 13 February 2011:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:54 -0700
> Chad Perrin wrote:
>
> > There's no use pretending MS Windows never has issues with the
> > efficacy of its autoconfiguration. Most of us have used that OS
> > quite a lot, and know that problems arise -- and th
Quoth Chad Perrin on Sunday, 13 February 2011:
>
> OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice offer functionality MS Office does not,
> just as MS Office offers functionality they do not. Different people
> have different needs, and those office suites serve slightly different
> needs. On the other hand, Op
On 13.02.2011 19:50, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Frank Shute wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:05:51PM -0500, Maxim Khitrov wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you guys please take Microsoft bashing elsewhere? This thread is
>>&
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Frank Shute wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:05:51PM -0500, Maxim Khitrov wrote:
> >
> >
> > Can you guys please take Microsoft bashing elsewhere? This thread is
> > about FreeBSD and SSDs - a topic I'd like to hear more about
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:05:51PM -0500, Maxim Khitrov wrote:
>
>
> Can you guys please take Microsoft bashing elsewhere? This thread is
> about FreeBSD and SSDs - a topic I'd like to hear more about from
> people with first-hand experience in running such setup.
>
>
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:42:54 -0700
Chad Perrin wrote:
> There's no use pretending MS Windows never has issues with the
> efficacy of its autoconfiguration. Most of us have used that OS
> quite a lot, and know that problems arise -- and that, unlike with
> open source OSes, it's actually fairly c
the user -- as is the case with all but the most basic, unsophisticated
> users who are presented with the ribbon -- have long been recognized as a
> failure of usability design, and for good reason. This is why the words
> "consisten navigation" are so important in Web desig
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 08:58:05AM -0500, Jerry wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +
> Bruce Cran articulated:
>
> > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:38:01 -0500
> > Jerry wrote:
> >
> > > Despite all of the rubbish the FOSS community
> > > has spewed for over 10 years, OpenOffice is nothing more
So... how about those solid state drives... yup.
-Modulok-
On 2/13/11, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 07:38:01AM -0500, Jerry wrote:
>>
>> "Bloat" is a purely subjective term. What one user considers bloat
>> could very well be a requirement for another use. For example, while
>> y
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 07:38:01AM -0500, Jerry wrote:
>
> "Bloat" is a purely subjective term. What one user considers bloat
> could very well be a requirement for another use. For example, while
> you might consider it bloat to have drivers for modern wireless "N"
> protocol cards, many other us
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:58:05 -0500
Jerry wrote:
> New, as in four years old? That is one of the worst straw man
> arguments I have heard in a while. In any case, In 2008
> OpenOffice.org started the project Renaissance to improve the user
> interface of OpenOffice. So far the prototypes of the pr
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:58:05 -0500, Jerry wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +
> Bruce Cran articulated:
>
> > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:38:01 -0500
> > Jerry wrote:
> >
> > > Despite all of the rubbish the FOSS community
> > > has spewed for over 10 years, OpenOffice is nothing more than
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +
Bruce Cran articulated:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:38:01 -0500
> Jerry wrote:
>
> > Despite all of the rubbish the FOSS community
> > has spewed for over 10 years, OpenOffice is nothing more than a poor
> > clone of Office 97. The newly released "libreoffice" mi
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +, Bruce Cran wrote:
> For some, Office is unusable due to the new Ribbon interface and
> libreoffice is the usable office suite due to its familiar menus.
Users who have already used PCs are familiar with the menu
technique of functionality presentation. Scanning
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:38:01 -0500, Jerry wrote:
> "Bloat" is a purely subjective term.
It's not.
> What one user considers bloat
> could very well be a requirement for another use. For example, while
> you might consider it bloat to have drivers for modern wireless "N"
> protocol cards, many
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:38:01 -0500
Jerry wrote:
> Despite all of the rubbish the FOSS community
> has spewed for over 10 years, OpenOffice is nothing more than a poor
> clone of Office 97. The newly released "libreoffice" might be usable
> someday; however, it is now only in its infancy. There is
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:23:53 -0700
Chad Perrin articulated:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:53:18AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Chad Perrin
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > You'd surely be happier with a better OS on it, though -- right?
> >
> > Chad, on the "Desk
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:53:18AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >
> > You'd surely be happier with a better OS on it, though -- right?
>
> Chad, on the "Desktop", I'd rather run the ratware from Redmond than try
> FreeBSD! The second c
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 07:12:08PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> >
> > I fail to understand why manufacturers would let people install SSDs on
> > machines when their life is so much in question.
>
> I fail to see why a manufacturer wou
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 07:12:08PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
> I fail to understand why manufacturers would let people install SSDs on
> machines when their life is so much in question.
I fail to see why a manufacturer would *not* want your hardware to wear
out faster, since that would
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:54:19 +, Frank Shute wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 07:12:08PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > Should I stop and buy a SATA disk?:)
> >
>
> No you shouldn't but you should run FreeBSD on it ;)
What else should one run?! ;-)
> All I know is that I've been us
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Frank Shute wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 07:12:08PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Adam Vande More >wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dave wrote:
> > >
> > > > Define "a *lot*". If you look up the
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 07:12:08PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Adam Vande More wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dave wrote:
> >
> > > Define "a *lot*". If you look up the spec's on the common (currently)
> > > available SSD systems, it's o
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dave wrote:
>
> > Define "a *lot*". If you look up the spec's on the common (currently)
> > available SSD systems, it's only in the 10's of 1000's writes. Pittiful
> > compared to magnetic media.
> >
>
>
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dave wrote:
> Define "a *lot*". If you look up the spec's on the common (currently)
> available SSD systems, it's only in the 10's of 1000's writes. Pittiful
> compared to magnetic media.
>
Chances are on many setups, by the time you've written enough data to
On 11 Feb 2011 at 13:33, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Chad Perrin
> wrote:
>
> > Ignoring the TRIM issue for a moment . . .
> >
> > You're probably best off saving SSD storage for cases where you have
> > lots of reads and little to no write activity, unless you enj
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Ignoring the TRIM issue for a moment . . .
>
> You're probably best off saving SSD storage for cases where you have lots
> of reads and little to no write activity, unless you enjoy buying new
> SSDs a lot. Actually, let's not ignore TRIM; t
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 09:40:37AM +, Paul Macdonald wrote:
>
> I'd be interested to here peoples opinions on best uses for SSD, general
> purpose applications such as databases , webservers etc will benefit
> obviously,
>
> but i'm also curious as to disk intensive applications such as ma
Nothing to do oh, freebsd-questions stay in bat!
2011/02/11 09:40:37 + Paul Macdonald => To FreeBSD
Mailing List :
PM> I'd be interested to here peoples opinions on best uses for SSD, general
PM> purpose applications such as databases , webservers etc will benefit
PM> obviously,
Sun.com b
Hi,
Is anyone using SSD drives on freeBSD server systems?
I'm attracted by the performance increases i've seen on both my desktops
and laptops (quite amazing and easy upgrade if you've not tried)..
I see from here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM#Operating_system_and_SSD_support
that
thanks. i am looking into the suggestions.
best
gahn
--- On Wed, 1/5/11, Indexer wrote:
> From: Indexer
> Subject: Re: freebsd and
> To: "Bill Moran"
> Cc: "gahn" , "freebsd general questions"
>
> Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 4:53 PM
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On 06/01/2011, at 07:02, Bill Moran wrote:
>
> (don't see why this was on -current)
>
> In response to gahn :
>> hi all:
>>
>> i set up the freeradius 21.100.1 on freebsd 8.1. it uses local
>> authentication database of /etc/passwd (thanks to the
(don't see why this was on -current)
In response to gahn :
> hi all:
>
> i set up the freeradius 21.100.1 on freebsd 8.1. it uses local authentication
> database of /etc/passwd (thanks to the previous discussions alan did with
> others). the problem is: it only works with the condition of the
hi all:
i set up the freeradius 21.100.1 on freebsd 8.1. it uses local authentication
database of /etc/passwd (thanks to the previous discussions alan did with
others). the problem is: it only works with the condition of the server id
running as "root" instead of "freeradius" due to the one way
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:58 AM, krad 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). Then when you cr
On 19 November 2010 10:25, Matthew Seaman
wrote:
> 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.
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter 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 19/11/2010 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 an
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:44:12 +
Paul Wootton 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 - 885346
>
> The drive
On 19 November 2010 09:48, Andy Wodfer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter 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.
On 18 November 2010 13:51, Mike Tancsa 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. Total
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter 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'
> [ http://ww
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
> her
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Andy Wodfer 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 better in a
;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".
So my conclusion is so far: I'm going to go for the 64bit version of FreeBSD
and use ZFS (mainly due to error co
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 wo
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
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:
Hard
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 Rocke
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 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 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 T
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:51:13 +
Bruce Cran 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 partition of 2TB.
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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 s
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:14 +0100
Andy Wodfer 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, ghostscript, exif
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On 18/11/2010, at 23:12, Andy Wodfer wrote:
> [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, r
[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
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On 18/11/2010, at 22:46, 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
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
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