Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:43:05 +0530 From: Subhro Kar <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: Don O'Neil <lists@lizardhill.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best RAID setup Message-ID: <87CFBD9A-4AC0-4FAD-9D9A-FBDF73FE6296@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <065101cbbcf3$e9fb81c0$bdf28540$@com> References: <065101cbbcf3$e9fb81c0$bdf28540$@com>
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On 26-Jan-2011, at 6:26 AM, Don O'Neil wrote: > I'm getting ready to setup a new FreeBSD 8.1 64 bit server and wanted = to > know everyone's thoughts on which way to go. software RAID 5 (or 10) = or > hardware RAID 5 (or 10). If you need to select between software and hardware RAID, then by all = means go for hardware RAID. RAID 10 is always faster than RAID5 and the = difference really stands out when writing data. > I currently have a 3Ware card in one of my servers > and it works great, but I haven't really been keeping up on what the = latest > RAID support is. All RAID cards (that I have come across) support both RAID 10 and RAID5. = So there is a fair chance that your card will not disappoint you. > How is the ZFS support these days? Is it production ready? ZFS is fine. I use it on my prod boxes and so far there have been no = issues. > What about hardware RAID, is there a compatibility list somewhere with = what > hardware (or pseudo hardware) RAID controllers are supported?=20 Didn't get this question though. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I'm just looking for the most stable, and production ready RAID that = can > handle at least 1 TB disks and create volumes in the 3-4 TB range. Any > thoughts, feedback, caveats, etc. are welcomed. You need to RTFM. Thanks -- Subhro Kar Visit my Blog: http://blog.80386.org
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