From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 15 14:10:10 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 D3B63C81DD9 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-qk0-x229.google.com (mail-qk0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B48183A for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: by mail-qk0-x229.google.com with SMTP id n21so57246752qka.3 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 06:10:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:organization:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=etzu8Nqq7GudfduGgytfXUKv1PuBpfRoY0TBuBfmlYU=; b=fSoc4izgMf21LX+WP9QdaT9bw33Z535T1hsy0djlPw8SP4FdQCc3/kPQfBFLXLirli mDk95c7Duys0R3t/Rr8QADZtT9KBn1wTSlXL280lhuedbzAk5YOWsmZX0WKADKVF//rr Phgpc6Th2dR1x9mBSRRb+qVzkUNs0OZQxQMg4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:organization :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=etzu8Nqq7GudfduGgytfXUKv1PuBpfRoY0TBuBfmlYU=; b=r6xPgKjxGUZ1xXsQD9hbJZ4N1auk9Ig0UzP7Pn81y77Q3pvw6eFFA2pMvh5WbH72ik Aygl/9WdFt7XoNa2mvEFiwRkUQwtW/0UgwSWC3lJVfdK4+TkzEf5bgS3k7CnCYoBIlvF /sgYHmq6F7lmGyB76qEwi1HDAt61jnPxKDkmNJo9VvFPR9ndG+TYXg1XReHcWXcgkhWT hXgKkhlvRT8u2cuD+Ru7TdQIt90Jlhkma5APkFEg0dXrEdfXK24pWxO+jF8zgijmrOrd AY1uBw8ecVKtdi12mT+bj9NwHMix9/UZaISV+f7GnpJT4arlyvBNcPKbMeSm/HELFeQ5 xVCg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKr4bp27nUXrR1gOd4e639n1nzdzvufrOEBhWCFzyKpx2zp7uF1y6sqOLeuYerHGg== X-Received: by 10.55.141.196 with SMTP id p187mr1574454qkd.240.1481811009161; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 06:10:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from Papi ([179.180.31.245]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 1sm1057749qte.46.2016.12.15.06.10.08 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 15 Dec 2016 06:10:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:10:48 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: gmirror/gstripe or ZFS? Message-ID: <20161215111048.541d6745@Papi> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:10:10 -0000 Hi; I'll be building an area on an existing server that runs 10.3-STABLE (will upgrade to 11-STABLE), which is going to be used basically as a work/storage area for graphic design files (lots and lots of image editing, etc ...) that are extremely critical for the company and need to be up and ready all the time. A backup system is already in place and running. The OS runs off of its own ufs formatted drive and I acquired 4x 4Tb drives (sata), which I plan to gmirror 1&2/3&4, stripe the two mirrors into an 8Tb volume, and share it via samba. Network is Gbit. It comes to mind doing the same thing through ZFS. I've never used it before, which is the opposite of gmirror/gstripe, which I have used plenty. Given what this volume is going to be used for, in terms of performance/reliability/sharing, which one is best? I have replaced defective drives in gmirror many times without any problem. Is that just as easy with ZFS? Is sharing a dataset through samba as straight forward as sharing a gmirror/gstripe? I am reading as much as I can about ZFS but most of what I found is mainly technical implementation, not so much about how the user is experiencing it compared to other options. Any opinions about this? Thanks, -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things."