Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:03:50 +1200 From: Tom Munro Glass <gentoo@tmgcon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Newbie needs advice for software raid Message-ID: <200309141003.50653.gentoo@tmgcon.com>
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I'm considering buying a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC with 3 SCSI drives (no hardw= are=20 raid) for use as a file, print, database, email/groupware and intranet=20 server. I'm also considering whether to use Linux or FreeBSD - I have some= =20 experience with both but have never used software raid on either. I feel th= at=20 =46reeBSD would be a more stable and secure OS for a server. =46rom my research so far, it seems that I can use Vinum to set up software= RAID=20 5, but that the root partition can not be RAID 5 and that there are other=20 complexities with using Vinum on the root partition. I would welcome suggestions for how to set up the disk partitions and Vinum= =20 for this type of server. Also, should I be looking at FreeBSD 5.1 or would= =20 4.8 be a safer bet at this stage? Thanks in advance, Tom Munro Glass
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