From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 10:00:26 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 A3A641065732 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAC28FC18 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwd20 with SMTP id 20so4299766wwd.31 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:00:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=2/oCNYxWdJAAwxsvalNECRs9IymbO99U3JXE6ZJBXsg=; b=phAlyKd7KX4cKx8+F46PDJ1EbZ6IRLKuxjgi1woDe9v/yV5b329uA3w5qKDgAzM86L shDx/BnUB608J3yuWFhcmiTc1Yrm7VoOfo0WQn4GRgGjkhvAYKxzMiwCjuKu3TSrnO8k zX31QWnSp5Oh91J3YvTOTkZGGkwkR4dx3fYdI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=nteMcKzp//MA+MvsR6Pun1C1LZudGsKJOVjWqJCKJSMJNkS6A3CyoAlkOTXOClcz3G qYSK+ErkA1Y/fCe0N7ZL/dGYJjIidYtFbm4AYO7s485uwzI7Jhpe0I0cxmR03ipfKVnW yTl86RGJNzyjRZi2xMwt5RH6On9O3GQ0erotA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.71.66 with SMTP id q44mr1611103wed.44.1290160805539; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:00:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.72.148 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:00:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4CE52F49.4010602@sentex.net> <218D523D-A5BF-4E37-BC75-2FBF67C1D618@mac.com> <15996e2cfb833e0ed3fa9d19725b3a95.squirrel@pop.pknet.net> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:05 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Andy Wodfer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:26 -0000 On 19 November 2010 09:48, Andy Wodfer wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter wrote: > > > I tend to stay away from raid cards. With ZFS pools all you need is ZFS > > and any OS [easily move drives around servers], vs. raid cards have to be > > the same if moving/replacing/card fails. > > > > With 'ZFS: do not give it all your HDD' > > [ http://www.freebsddiary.org/zfs-with-gpart.php ] > > You don't even need to have drives that are exactly the same. > > > > Completely not tied to any hardware.... > > > > Wow! I'm learning more and more and I'm really beginning to like ZFS! > > Question: What happens if 1 drive out of say 4 fails in a pool? And what > about hotswapping a (faulty) drive? Is this still possible with ZFS? Can I > actually replace a Raid 5 setup with a ZFS settup and have the same data > security if drives fail?' > > Cheers, > 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" > If you already have a 3ware card and you are familiar with them, why not let it do the raid and just plonk zfs on top of the lun presented to the system? Will make booting off pure zfs much easier.