On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Matt <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Based on input from everyone here I am thinking of an alternate setup. > Single small inexpensive 64GB SSD used as /boot, / and swap. Putting > /vz on software RAID1 array on the two 4TB drives. I can likely just > zip tie the SSD in the 1u case somewhere since I have no more drive > bays. Does this seem like a better layout? There's a whole different set of issues with drives over 2TB. Not even sure if everything said earlier is correct for them especially regarding autodetect: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_superblock_formats Booting from something smaller might have advantages. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com