Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:28:12 +0200 From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: "Orville R. Weyrich, JR." <orville@weyrich.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID Message-ID: <20010403142812.A80970@myhakas.matti.ee> In-Reply-To: <3AC986CA.22038A9A@weyrich.com>; from orville@weyrich.com on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:16:10AM -0700 References: <3AC986CA.22038A9A@weyrich.com>
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:16:10AM -0700, "Orville R. Weyrich, JR." <orville@weyrich.com> wrote: > I happen to have come by six identical 4.3 GB SCSI hard drives, and was > wondering about an inexpensive way to make a FreeBSD server that uses > them. My manual on FreeBSD covers version 3.2 -- I realize there are > newer versions, but my search of the FreeBSD web site doesn't turn up my > answer. > > Is there a way to implement RAID-5 with a couple standard SCSI > controllers (the kind at eBay for under $100) or do I need to buy a > specialized RAID-5 controller card? > > Am I asking for too much? :-) If it isn't too much, where do I go from > here? You can use vinum volume manager, look at http://www.vinumvm.org/ Use recent -stable for implementing vinum and beware that RAID-5 is considered somewhat buggy, at least that's what I gather from postings in the lists. Use two controllers, three disks each. -- Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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