Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:52:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Keith Woodman <keith@lightningweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID Message-ID: <19990113125208.Z8886@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990112111146.21431A-100000@nefertiti.lightningweb.com>; from Keith Woodman on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 11:24:05AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990112111146.21431A-100000@nefertiti.lightningweb.com>
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On Tuesday, 12 January 1999 at 11:24:05 -0800, Keith Woodman wrote: > I have been given the task of installing FreeBSD 3.0 onto a dual 450Mhz > system for use as a web server. I know very little about RAID, just the > basics on the differnces between the versions. > The system has 6 - 9.5 gig drives in an array and came preinstalled with > 3.0 . I am supposed to take the system down and build it up from scratch > again as a learning exersize and intro to RAID. > Here is my question. > Are there any particulars I should know about while formating the disks > in the nifty FreeBSD install. Meaning, When I boot from the floppy and > begin the net install on this, will the system see the array as one drive > still or is there something in the way I partition and format the disks > that will make FreeBSD see it as a single disk? That depends on your RAID controller. > I am assuming the RAID controler is taking care of this but am not > entirely sure. That's an assumption. You need to find out. > We are using UFS as our file system which I may also be making the > error of assuming makes no difference. It's difficult to say. > Also, any advise, horror stories or words of wisdom on this would > be greatly appreciated. Most of all, I would like to find a good source of > reading on RAID as it pertains to FreeBSD. All I can say based on this message is ``insufficient information''. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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