Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:18:05 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Danny Edge <nocmonkey@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Software RAID options Message-ID: <20100130041805.GA60266@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <addc34c61001291937s43986912sa846adb5dea69c21@mail.gmail.com> References: <addc34c61001291937s43986912sa846adb5dea69c21@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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