David, mind sharing the specifics of your configuration? I'm also about to re-configure my home file server so I'm interested in what configurations people are using.
On 9/27/07, David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blake wrote: > >> Obviously from a cost AND size perspective it would be best/smart to go > >> for option 3 and have a raidz of 4x250 and one of 6x500. > >> > >> Comments? > >> > >> > > How long are you going to need this data? Do you have an easy and quick > way to back it all up? Is the volume you need going to grow over time? > For *my* home server, the need to expand over time ended up dominating > the disk architecture, and I chose a less efficient (more space/money > lost to redundant storage) architecture that was easier to upgrade in > small increments, because that fit my intention to maintain the data > long-term, and the lack of any efficient easy way to back up and restore > the data (I *do* back it up to external firewire disks, but it takes 8 > hours or so, so I don't want to have to have the system down for a full > two-way copy when I need to upgrade the disk sizes). > > -- > David Dyer-Bennet, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://dd-b.net/ > Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ > Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ > Dragaera: http://dragaera.info > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- Christopher Gibbs Email / LDAP Administrator Web Integration & Programming Abilene Christian University _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
