Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:55:52 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives Message-ID: <AANLkTikOnPqz_XK7xNArbSnhZFSw%2BhL7HFkdQnYOqr1J@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=-xfMZ7cVXmEZMt21C9LE5JGqmaby5%2B3ieQDX3@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimh50XGrXraNzBCeY9mZj3wsWPG=RRkRiF_fRf=@mail.gmail.com> <4CE52F49.4010602@sentex.net> <218D523D-A5BF-4E37-BC75-2FBF67C1D618@mac.com> <AANLkTi=-xfMZ7cVXmEZMt21C9LE5JGqmaby5%2B3ieQDX3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> wrote: > I have learned lots here. Too bad I have to find another use for my 4 x 2TB > green WDC drives I have laying around. Anyways - they'll probably end up as > a temp/work drive on a few Windows stations. > > Btw. will these drive work better in a ZFS "pool/tank" (not connected to a > raid card)? I have noticed on my FreeNAS server that you can group several > drives together into "one" large ZFS "drive". > They should be fine in ZFS, I think there is also a utility to set the amount of time before it parks the heads, if you raise the time you should less of the load/unload cycles. Not sure if it's mentioned, but those drives are susceptible to misalignment, however that shouldn't be an issue if you use the whole drive. -- Adam Vande More
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