Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:16:59 +0200 From: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> To: Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large filesystems help/ideas Message-ID: <1211379419.2665.2.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <g112mu$f8c$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <g112mu$f8c$1@ger.gmane.org>
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You cannot use fdisk slices/partitions with disks over 2TB. For those GPT should be used. More info is available from here : http://www.freebsd.org/projects/bigdisk On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 13:57 +0200, Matias Surdi wrote: > Hi, > I'm implementing a backup solution at work.We've bought a x86 server > with two hardware raid 5 with for a total storage capacity of about 7Tb. > > For the software we are using for backups, the ideal scenario would be > to have just one "big disk" so that no space problems would appear. > > I've tried to install FreeBSD 7 with no success, as it seems... the > sysinstall tool doesn't support such big slices. > > I've read about the "Large Data Storage on FreeBSD" but I'm still confused. > > I've also thought on using slices of 1Tb, and join all them using vinum. > What do you think about this last option? > > Thanks a lot for your help. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52
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