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RAID controller needed for SVM?
Post 302235268 by Landser on Thursday 11th of September 2008 01:26:26 PM
09-11-2008
RAID controller needed for SVM?
hi
this may be a very stupid question, but im quite new to Solaris (gonna buid my first system, Solaris 10 on x86 system, connected to other windows systems in a home network)
i wanna put a RAID 5 system in there to back up my other systems at home; iv read that its really so easy with SVM to set up any RAID (after installing the OS, very practical
)
i still didnt figure out though if a real RAID HW controller is needed, or a pseudo HW controller (you know, those motherboard integrated Raid chips you find nowadays on mainstream mobo's) or nothing at all...
as a side question, after i configure the SVM to use a RAID 5, i wont have wasted any disk space somewhere, will i? (yes im a real fanatic
)
thanks in advance for any answers
this may be a very stupid question, but im quite new to Solaris (gonna buid my first system, Solaris 10 on x86 system, connected to other windows systems in a home network)
i wanna put a RAID 5 system in there to back up my other systems at home; iv read that its really so easy with SVM to set up any RAID (after installing the OS, very practical
)i still didnt figure out though if a real RAID HW controller is needed, or a pseudo HW controller (you know, those motherboard integrated Raid chips you find nowadays on mainstream mobo's) or nothing at all...
as a side question, after i configure the SVM to use a RAID 5, i wont have wasted any disk space somewhere, will i? (yes im a real fanatic
)thanks in advance for any answers
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raidfile.conf
RAIDFILE.CONF(5) Box Backup RAIDFILE.CONF(5) NAME
raidfile.conf - Userland RAID for Box Backup SYNOPSIS
/etc/box/raidfile.conf DESCRIPTION
The raidfile.conf is usually generated by raidfile-config(8) but may be manually edited if the store locations move or if more than one disc set is required. discX Specifies a set of discs. SetNumber The set number of the RAID disc, referenced by each account. BlockSize The block size of the file system (usually 2048). Under BSD with FFS, set this to your file system's fragment size (most likely an 8th of the block size). Dir0 The first directory in the RAID array. Dir1 The second directory in the RAID array. If you do not wish to use the built-in RAID functionality, this field should be set to the same as Dir0. You should not use the built-in RAID if you have a hardware RAID solution or if you're using another type of software RAID (like md on Linux). Dir2 The third directory in the RAID array. The same notes that apply to Dir2 also apply to Dir3. FILES
/etc/box/raidfile.conf SEE ALSO
raidfile-config(8), bbstored.conf(5) AUTHORS
Ben Summers Per Thomsen James O'Gorman Box Backup 0.11 10/28/2011 RAIDFILE.CONF(5)