From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 12:53:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A31810656C9 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from indexer@internode.on.net) Received: from mail.internode.on.net (bld-mail16.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F6E8FC15 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mai.dhcp.chocolate.lan (unverified [203.122.194.109]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 46835963-1927428 for multiple; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:23:38 +1030 (CDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Indexer In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:23:35 +1030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5EEBC170-4CFA-4EC8-9849-046C43C7F545@internode.on.net> References: <66248F21-1914-467A-9874-B5987F5E4790@internode.on.net> To: Andy Wodfer X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.3.1 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives 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: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:53:40 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sorry missed the ZFS part. >=20 >=20 >>>=20 >>> 2. I know that the 3ware Raid controller supports larger drives than = 2TB >> (or >>> was it 1TB?). The Highpoint controller I'm not so sure of, but I've = had >> good >>> experience with these on a few Windows servers and on one FreeBSD = server. >> My >>> setup would be to use the entire disk for both operating system and >>> filestorage (in version 1). How can I create this huge = partition/slice? I >>> don't think the installer (atleast on the standard FreeBSD version) >> supports >>> these large drives? >>>=20 >>=20 >> You can use vinum or ZFS. >>=20 > Excellent. I'm using ZFS on a FreeNAS installation. Is ZFS still = considered > experimental on FreeBSD or is it now production ready? What tool or = command > is used to partition/format/create a large ZFS drive? ZFS has its own command set and management tools. There are a number of = talks about production readiness of ZFS. I have never had issues with = it, but my own personal experiences are not true of the world.=20 http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSQuickStartGuide i avoid using the raw block devices, and use gpart and create a = partition the size of the device, and then use the /dev/gpart/label = devices.=20 see = http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lulf/2008/12/16/setting-up-a-zfs-only-system/ = for some ideas about gpart and this. >=20 > Thanks and best regards, > Andy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" William Brown pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJM5SHQAAoJEHF16AnLoz6JPZIQALgW/gs0YlkVKxMkcMqwJe2q /g3Sbb0xqp9Zuo0cwMv5KxZQKhaY2FZ1UD7ynSxB7lwxGEkNFPRUwS/CpXg4lJpK 6WbYEGfN2AAZKW2raE9Ufhb17xBuya5Z02EBnIBWVO9ts4wAiBT3AQ3PGQSuZu+A auO6HRsBcDmd6c/U2Q+Xg4yFXm4Y2RTh8mFzSFsGtKcbiRxPL7GD+isi1+ShbXCH KxNHkW2dub9Udn6cyA/9vCpdLV1SBL69MDh3ihDChI3g+QFgqnMzw2OWDusSxad5 Ub4Ox5dP8X06AYL6jiFThk9Wg51pxLlLj/+DuCvc9dwg0nqZfHca7fWkNQiRleQH kvOMq1OjWY2/E4Jz7qRe3/y7Yy9wrwIs+3w490p/1xtqE8b2d+Lr3g8OZgbkASoJ WWFJhEz5xVlkEusN/hbQpgn0eNOP4E4p7cVWiAf/YcCEDIJOufuIkgLlpBsjXEhP IO3ybMEDnpxVjDbumpUMLaYgXoVG3XDgKtBltb/vexdcvM0tKXNf9mvrAIIuc9dB XvrLXHU04YfggXj6Nakw8wRQqIDQI7JcJsejJNiiQVaBmIkIhoIDVfe4bOxpvrJw JMDWAejiAwqLpN3vgCkF9ohpiXrSwTOFNCAOBYZ+WubODJNfjGFrUdL7Dz+GZlPO Ehv6uu2QbF7SszSc5mHl =3DsTvS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----