On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:11:32 -0500 Ryan Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Zane C.B. wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:45:20 -0500 > > Ryan Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> How would I go about slamming the RAM in testing? I was figuring > >> I'd drop from 4GB to 1GB and just push the board with the same cp > >> -rvn commands I've been running in an attempt to populate my 7TB > >> RAID5. > >> > >> Also, am I using the wrong FS for the RAID? I partitioned it with > >> gpt (1 large slice) and formatted it with newfs but is there > >> another way? A better way? I read about ZFS recently but I am > >> sure the speed of reading from a RAID5 is lost with it's > >> redundancies. > > > > For something that large, ZFS would be my choice > I take it that's not something I can do after the fact, right? I am > not looking forward to redoing 1.6TB in file copying a second time Not that I am aware of. My big reason I would go with ZFS is it would make future updates easier as you can do it on the fly if the disks are just being added to a system. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
