Re: Software RAID options
On Saturday 30 January 2010, Danny Edge wrote: Thanks, Glen, I should have mentioned that I did see gmirror mentioned in the HB. Pending further suggestions, I will try gmirror for software RAID 1 (yes, as large as the smallest disk). It's also possible to mirror individual slices rather than an entire disk http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ so you could create matching slices on the disks and still have the spare space of the larger disk available for use as non-mirrored space. -- Mike Clarke ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Software RAID options
What works for you and can you suggest a guide? I haven't setup a BSD server in 8 years, but my environment will be: FreeBSD 7.2 Release x2 HD's (not the same size, if I need to spend the money, on two like drives, kindly insist) DNS cache and auth Postfix MTA 1 user/1 IMAP mailbox less than 10GB's of data I also plan on backing up via newbie rsync and SSH scripts. Thanks. -- CPDE - Certified Petroleum Distribution Engineer CCBC - Certified Canadian Beer Consumer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software RAID options
Hi, Danny Edge wrote: What works for you and can you suggest a guide? I haven't setup a BSD server in 8 years, but my environment will be: I've been using gmirror for some time, without problems. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-mirror.html FreeBSD 7.2 Release x2 HD's (not the same size, if I need to spend the money, on two like You really never specified your RAID type. If it is RAID-0 (striping), as the cliche goes, size doesn't matter. If it is RAID-1, if you do not have identically sized disks, the mirror will only be as large as the smallest disk. (This is mentioned in the handbook, as well.) I also plan on backing up via newbie rsync and SSH scripts. May I suggest rsnapshot? Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software RAID options
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Danny Edge wrote: What works for you and can you suggest a guide? I haven't setup a BSD server in 8 years, but my environment will be: I've been using gmirror for some time, without problems. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-mirror.html Thanks, Glen, I should have mentioned that I did see gmirror mentioned in the HB. Pending further suggestions, I will try gmirror for software RAID 1 (yes, as large as the smallest disk). [Snip...] . I also plan on backing up via newbie rsync and SSH scripts. May I suggest rsnapshot? I will look into rsnapshot. All these new tools that I didn't have 10 years ago! -- CPDE - Certified Petroleum Distribution Engineer CCBC - Certified Canadian Beer Consumer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Software RAID options for a media server
Hi Guys, As my dream of a hardware based SCSI RAID root disk was so soundly dashed, I have been trying to figure out the most appropriate software implementation for a media server. Which sw RAID is best for streaming media? The options I have are: RAID1z, the redundancy is not my concern so much as performance over a network, but if the reduction in performance is negligible I may opt for it for fun. or RAID0 using gvinum, a far more complex option so I'd like to get an idea of its suitability. Otherwise if there are any other avenues please fill me in. I am at a loss on which way to go... Thanks =^_^= ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
