Hello,
I'm coming from Linux and I've been playing around with FreeBSD a bit over the last couple of weeks and now I intent on switching my main machine over to it.
However, I am unsure as to how to set up my disks, so I'd appreciate some input.
After searching for some examples, I've found this to be like what I had in mind. A mirrored system plus raidz for other data sounds good.
Is there anything "wrong" with a setup such as this? I don't have any special needs, I'd just like a solid system with some redundancy, yet still plenty of space to store data and the ability to make snapshots. It's mainly going to be a desktop system.
Also, how many disks would be recommend for such a setup involving raidz? The linked thread does it with 3 but I've read that 4 are the "sweet spot". I currently have 2 identical 500GB disks in this machine and I am unsure whether to buy two more or just one.
I'm coming from Linux and I've been playing around with FreeBSD a bit over the last couple of weeks and now I intent on switching my main machine over to it.
However, I am unsure as to how to set up my disks, so I'd appreciate some input.
After searching for some examples, I've found this to be like what I had in mind. A mirrored system plus raidz for other data sounds good.
Is there anything "wrong" with a setup such as this? I don't have any special needs, I'd just like a solid system with some redundancy, yet still plenty of space to store data and the ability to make snapshots. It's mainly going to be a desktop system.
Also, how many disks would be recommend for such a setup involving raidz? The linked thread does it with 3 but I've read that 4 are the "sweet spot". I currently have 2 identical 500GB disks in this machine and I am unsure whether to buy two more or just one.