Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:41:38 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Julien Cigar <julien.cigar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redundant storage Message-ID: <20160603104138.fdf3c0ac4be93769be6da401@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20160603083843.GK95511@mordor.lan> References: <20160603083843.GK95511@mordor.lan>
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Hi, Just one change - don't use RAID1 use ZFS mirrors. ZFS does better RAID than any hardware controller. On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:38:43 +0200 Julien Cigar <julien.cigar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > 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. > > 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 > 4 x WD Hard Drive Re SATA 4TB 3.5in 6gb/s 7200rpm 64MB Buffer > (WD4000FYYZ) in a RAID1 config (the machine has a smartarray P222 > controller, which is apparently supported by the ciss driver) > > On the FreeBSD side I plan to use HAST with CARP, and the volumes will > be exported through NFS4. > > Any comments on this setup (or other recommendations) ? :) > > Thanks! > Julien > -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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