[zfs-discuss] Re: Can ZFS solve my problem?

2007-01-03 Thread Anders Troberg
Ideally you should add 3-5 disks at a time so you can add raidz(like raid5) groups so the failure of a disk won't cause lost of data. Actually, I usually add them 8 at a time, it just average out to one every 1-2 months. with ZFS its easier if you keep all disks on one server, just buy the

[zfs-discuss] Can ZFS solve my problem?

2007-01-02 Thread Anders Troberg
I've ploughed through the documentation, but it's kind of vague on some points and I need to buy some hardware if I'm to test it, so I thought I'd ask first. I'll begin by describing what I want to achieve, and would apreciate if someone could tell me if this is possible or how close I can come.