Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
On 18 February 2010 11:24, Christian Baer wrote: > krad schrieb: > > > On another point make sure your p4 has plenty of ram preferably 4gb, but > at > > least 2 > > Exactly what good will that much RAM do for a 32Bit-CPU? > > Regards, > Chris > ___ > 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" > not sure what your point is? ___ 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"
Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
krad schrieb: > On another point make sure your p4 has plenty of ram preferably 4gb, but at > least 2 Exactly what good will that much RAM do for a 32Bit-CPU? Regards, Chris ___ 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"
Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19/02/2010 00:28, Ghirai wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:21:48 -0500 > mailinglist wrote: > >> UFS on the other hand will work just fine on 32bit systems and >> smaller and older machines. (The limitation with UFS is a maximum >> 2TB filesystem size, but I suspect this will not cause you any >> practical >> >> difficulties.) > > UFS2 has a maximum volume size of 1YiB (2^80 bytes). Yes. Brainfart: it's MBR that has the 2TB limit, and that can be avoided nowadays by using gpart(8). Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkt+WqkACgkQ8Mjk52CukIybegCcCusoKfR1KffSFSBHw/b3ecnP QLEAnjytMAYIF1Nu7hl5WyobRND1707V =SbT9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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"
Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:21:48 -0500 mailinglist wrote: > UFS on the other hand will work just fine on 32bit systems and > smaller and older machines. (The limitation with UFS is a maximum > 2TB filesystem size, but I suspect this will not cause you any > practical > > difficulties.) UFS2 has a maximum volume size of 1YiB (2^80 bytes). ___ 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"
Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does your old P4 support 64-bit operation? Does it have 2GB RAM or more? If not, then you might want to reconsider using ZFS. It's not that it won't or can't be made to work given those limitations, but you'll find it hard work to get it running stably and performing well. UFS on the other hand will work just fine on 32bit systems and smaller and older machines. (The limitation with UFS is a maximum 2TB filesystem size, but I suspect this will not cause you any practical difficulties.) Cheers, Matthew I'm not sure if my box supports 64 bit OSes or not, I'll have to look into that. I know for a fact it doesnt have 3+ GB of RAM. At most it'll have 2 GBat least RAM for that old beast should be cheap! :-) ___ 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"
Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/02/2010 00:11, mailinglist wrote: > I've got an old P4 desktop computer running in the basement with a 1 > TB external USB drive connected to that I use as a file server. That > PC is running XP. It has recently become infected with some sort of > virus. I'd like to replace it with FreeBSD running ZFS + Samba (I > need to access it from a OS X machine and a Windows 7 box). Does your old P4 support 64-bit operation? Does it have 2GB RAM or more? If not, then you might want to reconsider using ZFS. It's not that it won't or can't be made to work given those limitations, but you'll find it hard work to get it running stably and performing well. UFS on the other hand will work just fine on 32bit systems and smaller and older machines. (The limitation with UFS is a maximum 2TB filesystem size, but I suspect this will not cause you any practical difficulties.) > 1) Will FreeBSD be able to detect and use my TB hard drive as ZFS > disk? Right now it is only a single disk, but later on I'll and a > second disk and setup a mirror. Even as a single disk, the > checksumming ability would be nice. Yes. You can run ZFS from a single drive. That's not where ZFS's strengths really lie, but it's worthwhile as a learning exercise certainly, and the zpool management stuff is cool in any case. > 2)Assume I get everything setup in regards to step 1 and my OS disk > dies. How do I go about importing the ZFS external disk into another > FreeBSD installation? You plug the drive in and then run 'zpool import' with appropriate flags to tell the system to investigate the new disk and discover any ZFS related metadata on it. See zpool(1M) which has a long sequence on the 'import' sub-command. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkt8/cgACgkQ8Mjk52CukIx9hACgk9e3DveizS58vpO5182GIb/u rBcAn2S67UTMGdZoaKoo8ffl5dx9cy++ =dShY -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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"
Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
On 18 February 2010 00:11, mailinglist wrote: > I've got an old P4 desktop computer running in the basement with a 1 TB > external USB drive connected to that I use as a file server. That PC is > running XP. It has recently become infected with some sort of virus. I'd > like to replace it with FreeBSD running ZFS + Samba (I need to access it > from a OS X machine and a Windows 7 box). > > > > 1) Will FreeBSD be able to detect and use my TB hard drive as ZFS disk? > Right now it is only a single disk, but later on I'll and a second disk and > setup a mirror. Even as a single disk, the checksumming ability would be > nice. > > Should be fine > > > 2)Assume I get everything setup in regards to step 1 and my OS disk dies. > How do I go about importing the ZFS external disk into another FreeBSD > installation? > > > > Just make sure you plug it into a freebsd v 7.2+ (preferably 8+) and zpool import it with a -f flag On another point make sure your p4 has plenty of ram preferably 4gb, but at least 2 > Thanks for all of the help! > ___ > 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" > ___ 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"
FreeBSD File Server with ZFS
I've got an old P4 desktop computer running in the basement with a 1 TB external USB drive connected to that I use as a file server. That PC is running XP. It has recently become infected with some sort of virus. I'd like to replace it with FreeBSD running ZFS + Samba (I need to access it from a OS X machine and a Windows 7 box). 1) Will FreeBSD be able to detect and use my TB hard drive as ZFS disk? Right now it is only a single disk, but later on I'll and a second disk and setup a mirror. Even as a single disk, the checksumming ability would be nice. 2)Assume I get everything setup in regards to step 1 and my OS disk dies. How do I go about importing the ZFS external disk into another FreeBSD installation? Thanks for all of the help! ___ 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"
