Re: Hardware RAID and FreeBSD.

I'm a n00b with freebsd too. But I'm happy with zfs. My server has 2GB of RAM, but it doesn't seem to be a problem. Even with my / using 3.76TB full of data in raidz2.


Le 29 avr. 2011 à 02:11, Colin Mitchell a écrit :

> Hello, BSDians.
> 
> I am kind of a n00b to FreeBSD but have had great success and fun with
> it so far.
> 
> I have two old Dell servers at home.  One has Ubuntu server and is my
> web and mail server.  The other is FreeBSD, and I run servers for a
> video game on it.  I really like the FreeBSD server, especially the
> ports system, and how well it runs even though it is a 1GHz CPU.
> 
> Anyways, I bought a new lower-end computer that I was hoping to replace
> both with.  It is a dirt-cheap dual-core AMD that I had built for
> $175US.  It came with a 500GB HDD, and I would like to get another one
> to put in it.  Now, I would like to set up as a mirrored RAID setup (I
> think). I don't really know much about RAID, but I want to have the same
> disk image on both hard drives (in case one fails), and possibly three
> if I buy another HDD in the future.  Is RAID 1 what I want?  I also want
> to do SVN on it for my PhD code, as well as back up my Wordpress,
> Coppermine, etc...
> 
> Now, here is where the FreeBSD gurus can chime in.  I would like to get
> a hardware RAID card to tie it all together.  I am also looking for a
> cheap one, maybe $30-$60US, if this is even feasible.  Anyone have any
> suggestions?  Any successes?  
> 
> Also, I see a lot of talk on here bout ZFS.  Is this something I should
> try, instead of the standard UFS?
> 
> Thanks for any help and suggestions!
> 
> Colin.
> 
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