From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 12:47:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8304510656C7 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:47:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from kagate.punkt.de (kagate.punkt.de [217.29.33.131]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E2F8FC16 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de ([217.29.45.10]) by gate1.intern.punkt.de with ESMTP id o9CCDUwB072828; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:13:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9CCDTXW053243; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:13:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ry93@hugo10.ka.punkt.de) Received: (from ry93@localhost) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id o9CCDTj9053242; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:13:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ry93) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:13:29 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" To: Greg Byshenk Message-ID: <20101012121329.GA52923@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> References: <4CB42B7D.5050203@sharescope.co.uk> <20101012120454.GC12467@core.byshenk.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20101012120454.GC12467@core.byshenk.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: Michal , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS and Storage Systems X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:47:39 -0000 Hello, On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 02:04:54PM +0200, Greg Byshenk wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:33:49AM +0100, Michal wrote: > > http://www.icc-usa.com/storage-35-2u.asp. > > ... > You say "using a FreeBSD box I can set up ZFS over the drives...", which > doesn't make sense, if I undestand the ICC system. The device appears to > be an NAS system, with an OS, not an external disk bay. To me these look like "storage servers", i.e. standard server hardware with room for a lot of hot pluggable drives. This point in their description seems to confirm that: + DSS Lite That's a Linux based commercial NAS system that you install or plug into standard servers to turn them into a NAS. See http://www.open-e.com/ So, IMHO, yes, you should be able to replace that DSS stuff with either stock FreeBSD or preferrably FreeNAS to turn one of these boxes into a ZFS based NAS. I'll check with the supplier before ordering, nonetheless. Best regards, Patrick M. Hausen Leiter Netzwerke und Sicherheit -- punkt.de GmbH * Kaiserallee 13a * 76133 Karlsruhe Tel. 0721 9109 0 * Fax 0721 9109 100 info@punkt.de http://www.punkt.de Gf: Jürgen Egeling AG Mannheim 108285