Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Slade
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 15:05, Joe Auty wrote: > On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Robert Slade wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 06:09, Joe Auty wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I've been considering buying another hard drive for my FreeBSD > >> machine, and building a RAID with my current hard drive so th

Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Martin Cracauer
Joe Auty wrote on Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:12:02AM -0500: > Some great advice here! > > What RAID level would you recommend for simply maximizing the hard > disk space I have available? This is just my personal backup machine > and will consist of two drives, so I don't need kick ass performan

Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Chuck Swiger
Joe Auty wrote: Some great advice here! What RAID level would you recommend for simply maximizing the hard disk space I have available? RAID-0 striping. Note that it gives you no redundancy or protection. This is just my personal backup machine and will consist of two drives, so I don't

Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Joe Auty
Some great advice here! What RAID level would you recommend for simply maximizing the hard disk space I have available? This is just my personal backup machine and will consist of two drives, so I don't need kick ass performance, and I don't need my files mirrored. I take it that striping i

Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Joe Auty
On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Robert Slade wrote: On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 06:09, Joe Auty wrote: Hello, I've been considering buying another hard drive for my FreeBSD machine, and building a RAID with my current hard drive so that both drives are treated as one. Do any of you have experience in

Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Chuck Swiger
Joe Auty wrote: I've been considering buying another hard drive for my FreeBSD machine, and building a RAID with my current hard drive so that both drives are treated as one. This is known as RAID-1 mirroring. Do any of you have experience in this area? Is this advisable? Yes and yes. :

Re: your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Slade
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 06:09, Joe Auty wrote: > Hello, > > I've been considering buying another hard drive for my FreeBSD > machine, and building a RAID with my current hard drive so that both > drives are treated as one. > > Do any of you have experience in this area? Is this advisable? I'm

your advice on vinum, RAIDs

2005-12-28 Thread Joe Auty
Hello, I've been considering buying another hard drive for my FreeBSD machine, and building a RAID with my current hard drive so that both drives are treated as one. Do any of you have experience in this area? Is this advisable? I'm assuming I'd be looking at creating a RAID-5? Can this b