From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 26 15:42:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661ED1065672 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:42:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 379BF8FC13 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvc22 with SMTP id 22so92558pvc.13 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:42:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to:x-mailer; bh=fo6XYbv1hH6TAP4pQC8ju8zTTAfPxtslbAig/hqOFto=; b=rGodN2yfMXmfx7Y8zXyTWLfi76AqGbO0vt3ZWWRqeebg+TUz+IrMJMuzEbGFNtZcPj 8gxXIwu96equCYAxYUXXBukGdfM+L8KxAL3jBR1LGiLvGQXMPPk+nnfdfd7xlRpRPYd3 CFDcoTRwZSVxG8VfjGEm2UvGjQ1Yl8LVG6swo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=i4KxKmxebT3f9iA68KDlfFrXmDOOhHfAIhBaqzui4Qx/YWQXWxbaup86j3S9vyeGSa ctjztLHCB837NtdGQyJ4CgCpwJEHDGC8L00wX+0nBDM4sbo7Kd6yM23PzhDIc+AH2FuF hX/YaNwEUrYOWAqzn78ksOjtBU+lfoxgwdyJc= Received: by 10.142.214.16 with SMTP id m16mr421652wfg.365.1296054795329; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:13:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from subhro-2.tserv15.lax1.dyn.he.net ([184.104.84.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v19sm20377332wfh.12.2011.01.26.07.13.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:13:13 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Subhro Kar In-Reply-To: <065101cbbcf3$e9fb81c0$bdf28540$@com> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:43:05 +0530 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <87CFBD9A-4AC0-4FAD-9D9A-FBDF73FE6296@gmail.com> References: <065101cbbcf3$e9fb81c0$bdf28540$@com> To: Don O'Neil X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best RAID setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:42:28 -0000 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