From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 03:21:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A759106567E for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:21:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edhoprima@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7A58FC1F for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:21:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so4020224bwz.13 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:21:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Nk41PM7OITtqr5CKEBfssm/rcOuz3MlOeAO0C0Ojxvs=; b=Cvzmtkwf7kqxyqdvijWrt0p5DkVGQVANrNOyEpwdZP1zZfEusHkTthcovRhdm5rQuB U9XSZns5ca8JqhlM9HqdLaoCI0TRx+UJ08iZ+l7DY5K0zbDwEoi/LEHl9BeMnF0d3zyV or4VjNBRjOfuoCbKFmRWthGqvHe3dM8kjDVnE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fTV/CbIU0MD/QDAx2hgvdx6ad163GnzY0RyLEeXp8KdOSkgM/KALOBTkdSCUmgse9W E5vRpAwKeQrv2FzeslJgKv104KNNtDpmQuTjG9yaOKeCE7j4oM42ZPaLgQ9sfc3Q4Z3D 69U5jMxYBS3FaBMTU7Cmu7Pluin9e8x/78mhw= Received: by 10.204.19.6 with SMTP id y6mr4038453bka.159.1304045573153; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:52:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.112.71 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:52:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1304035891.5251.7.camel@lenovo> References: <1304035891.5251.7.camel@lenovo> From: Edho P Arief Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:52:33 +0700 Message-ID: To: Colin Mitchell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware RAID and FreeBSD. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:21:27 -0000 On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Colin Mitchell wrote: > Anyways, I bought a new lower-end computer that I was hoping to replace > both with. =C2=A0It is a dirt-cheap dual-core AMD that I had built for > $175US. =C2=A0It came with a 500GB HDD, and I would like to get another o= ne > to put in it. =C2=A0Now, I would like to set up as a mirrored RAID setup = (I > think). I don't really know much about RAID, but I want to have the same > disk image on both hard drives (in case one fails), and possibly three > if I buy another HDD in the future. =C2=A0Is RAID 1 what I want? =C2=A0I = also want > to do SVN on it for my PhD code, as well as back up my Wordpress, > Coppermine, etc... > > Now, here is where the FreeBSD gurus can chime in. =C2=A0I would like to = get > a hardware RAID card to tie it all together. =C2=A0I am also looking for = a > cheap one, maybe $30-$60US, if this is even feasible. =C2=A0Anyone have a= ny > suggestions? =C2=A0Any successes? > As I'm in softraid camp, I suggest saving yourself from buying a raid card (especially the cheap ones) and use gmirror instead. > Also, I see a lot of talk on here bout ZFS. =C2=A0Is this something I sho= uld > try, instead of the standard UFS? > Only if you have lots of ram (4 GiB or more). Possible with less ram but I believe it's not recommended.