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Date:      Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:14:46 +0200
From:      Julien Cigar <julien.cigar@gmail.com>
To:        Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: redundant storage
Message-ID:  <20160603101446.GM95511@mordor.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org>
References:  <20160603083843.GK95511@mordor.lan> <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org>

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On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 10:41:38AM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> 	Hi,
>=20
> 	Just one change - don't use RAID1 use ZFS mirrors. ZFS does better
> RAID than any hardware controller.

right.. I must admit that I haven't looked at ZFS yet (I'm still using
UFS + gmirror), but it will be the opportunity to do so..!

Does ZFS play well with HAST?

>=20
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:38:43 +0200
> Julien Cigar <julien.cigar@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > I'm looking for a low-cost redundant HA storage solution for our (small)
> > team here (~30 people). It will be used to store files generated by some
> > webapps, to provide a redundant dovecot (imap) server, etc.
> >=20
> > For the hardware I have to go with HP (no choice), so I planned to buy
> > 2 x HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 E3-1241v3 (768645-421) with=20
> > 4 x WD Hard Drive Re SATA 4TB 3.5in 6gb/s 7200rpm 64MB Buffer=20
> > (WD4000FYYZ) in a RAID1 config (the machine has a smartarray P222
> > controller, which is apparently supported by the ciss driver)
> >=20
> > On the FreeBSD side I plan to use HAST with CARP, and the volumes will=
=20
> > be exported through NFS4.
> >=20
> > Any comments on this setup (or other recommendations) ? :)
> >=20
> > Thanks!
> > Julien
> >=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
>=20

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