From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jun 3 10:14:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC00B66EC5 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julien.cigar@gmail.com) Received: from relay-b03.edpnet.be (relay-b03.edpnet.be [212.71.1.220]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "edpnet.email", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CA551FFE for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julien.cigar@gmail.com) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1464948886-0a88182e0ca5ac70001-jLrpzn Received: from mordor.lan (109.236.137.241.wls.msr91gkk3.adsl.dyn.edpnet.net [109.236.137.241]) by relay-b03.edpnet.be with ESMTP id 2d9nhHttF0uBEqGP (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:14:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: julien.cigar@gmail.com X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: 109.236.137.241.wls.msr91gkk3.adsl.dyn.edpnet.net[109.236.137.241] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 109.236.137.241 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:14:46 +0200 From: Julien Cigar To: Steve O'Hara-Smith Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redundant storage Message-ID: <20160603101446.GM95511@mordor.lan> X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: redundant storage References: <20160603083843.GK95511@mordor.lan> <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6CiRFyVmOOJ3DkBX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-Barracuda-Connect: 109.236.137.241.wls.msr91gkk3.adsl.dyn.edpnet.net[109.236.137.241] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1464948887 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 X-Barracuda-URL: https://212.71.1.220:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 1587 X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at edpnet.be X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Bayes: INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.5000 1.0000 0.0000 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=9.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.30138 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:14:51 -0000 --6CiRFyVmOOJ3DkBX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 10:41:38AM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Just one change - don't use RAID1 use ZFS mirrors. ZFS does better > RAID than any hardware controller. right.. I must admit that I haven't looked at ZFS yet (I'm still using UFS + gmirror), but it will be the opportunity to do so..! Does ZFS play well with HAST? >=20 > On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:38:43 +0200 > Julien Cigar wrote: >=20 > > Hello, > >=20 > > I'm looking for a low-cost redundant HA storage solution for our (small) > > team here (~30 people). It will be used to store files generated by some > > webapps, to provide a redundant dovecot (imap) server, etc. > >=20 > > For the hardware I have to go with HP (no choice), so I planned to buy > > 2 x HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 E3-1241v3 (768645-421) with=20 > > 4 x WD Hard Drive Re SATA 4TB 3.5in 6gb/s 7200rpm 64MB Buffer=20 > > (WD4000FYYZ) in a RAID1 config (the machine has a smartarray P222 > > controller, which is apparently supported by the ciss driver) > >=20 > > On the FreeBSD side I plan to use HAST with CARP, and the volumes will= =20 > > be exported through NFS4. > >=20 > > Any comments on this setup (or other recommendations) ? :) > >=20 > > Thanks! > > Julien > >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Steve O'Hara-Smith >=20 --=20 Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform (http://www.biodiversity.be) PGP fingerprint: EEF9 F697 4B68 D275 7B11 6A25 B2BB 3710 A204 23C0 No trees were killed in the creation of this message. 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