Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE

From: Tomas Quintero (tomasq_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/26/05

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    Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:05:35 -0400
To: emartinez@crockettint.com

    I am almost a bit curious why you didn't go with a Microsoft based
    solution in a situation like this, where you are needing to provide
    SMB based file sharing to obviously Windows client desktops.

    Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I
    suppose it's too late for all of that.

    On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez <emartinez@crockettint.com> wrote:
    > No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bias
    > obviously because generally it is someone else's time and money that is on
    > the line. Thanks for the info, I didn't know the whole second array thing,
    > that would explain some of the weirdness that I have been seeing.
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Brent Wiese [mailto:brently@bjwcs.com]
    > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:54 PM
    > To: emartinez@crockettint.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    > Subject: RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE
    >
    > > Any one else think they know of a better method??
    >
    > Well, I'm probably going to get totally flamed for this, but since you
    > asked...
    >
    > The better method is to install Windows 2003 Server. Assemble your drives
    > into 2TB or less RAID5 volumes (btw, you only want 1 per 3Ware card, more on
    > that in a second) and use Windows 2003 to span those volumes. It'll show up
    > as one drive after that. There is some limit, but I can't remember what it
    > is. Its huge though.
    >
    > And in case you didn't know, 3Ware cards are only speed-optimized for the
    > first array. Subsequent arrays on a card run painfully slow. They won't say
    > it in any of their lit, but if you corner their support people, they'll
    > admit it (it obvious if you try it).
    >
    > Sorry to mention M$ here, but it sounds like you invested incredible amounts
    > of time, and even Windows 2003 can be cheaper than your time at some point.
    >
    >
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