Posted by Arno Wagner on 09/29/07 15:44

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage qwertycat@googlemail.com wrote:
> I'm doing a PHP script on FreeBSD which servers multi-TBytes worth of
> content mostly files ranging in size from 100KB to 600MB. Similar to a
> file-sharing sites where users upload their pictures/videos/binary
> files.

> I'd prefer a simple storage system but not fimilar with large storage
> as this. I'd prefer to serve the files in URLs in this format:
> http://archive.site.com/$FILENAME

> I'd have 4x FreeBSD servers (local LAN linked) each with 6x 500GB SATA
> hard-drives (RAID5 array) totaling 12 TBytes storage between the
> servers.

> What would be your recommendation(s)?

What is your question? I have used RAID5/6 in TB range under Linux,
so I guess doung the same under FreeBSD should not be an issue.
Export via NFS and you are done.

Arno

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