> I believe in using the right tool for the job and,  to be honest I
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> wouldn't use OpenBSD for a large data store like that.  If it were me
> I'd get a real SAN or NAS  but you have what you have so my top choice
> would be an OS that you can run an Volume manager on,  Linux with LVM2
> or Veritas VM.  FreeBSD has some Volume Management capabilities but I
> have no experience using them.  Sorry if my answer offends you.


I'm inclined to agree here, at least until OpenBSD gets stable ffs2 support
(allowing filesystems larger than 1tb), but until then, I'd really recommend
going the GNU/Linux or FreeBSD route. Although I'd probably favor GNU/Linux
with LVM for a large data store.

Jimmy.