On Nov 18, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Peter A. Giessel wrote: > On 2010/11/18 at 3:16, wod...@gmail.com (Andy Wodfer) wrote: > >> Total storage in version 1 of this server will >> probably be 8-12 TB. > ... >> The processor will be a 64bit capable Intel processor and I plan on using a >> Highpoint Rocketraid or 3ware Raid controller. > ... >> 1. Which FreeBSD version should I install? > ... >> 2. I know that the 3ware Raid controller supports larger drives than 2TB (or >> was it 1TB?)... How can I create this huge partition/slice? I >> don't think the installer (atleast on the standard FreeBSD version) supports >> these large drives? > > Just chiming in with my own experience... I built a "cheap" media storage > server > so I don't have to keep digging DVDs out of the pile and can just stream them > from the server. 4x1.5TB Raid 5 disks. > > I haven't updated it to FreeBSD 8.2 yet, so: > [media: ~]> uname -a > FreeBSD media 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC > 2009 r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > (its a Pentium 4... cheap but effective hardware... the processor is hardly > ever significantly used. Its just a file server). > > To ease booting problems, I used 3ware's drivers to create a booting volume > out of the bigger unit. FYI: I used Seagate hard drives (I hear they are > coming out with a 3TB internal drive any day now):
Yes, but a 5200-5400 RPM drive, I believe. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
