Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:24:44 +0300 From: Casper <kl@os.lv> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x raid... Message-ID: <42D683BC.4010602@os.lv> In-Reply-To: <20050714144907.GA24229@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <42D6683E.7040406@os.lv> <58488053-6525-49BB-846A-03845A162020@amadeus.demon.nl> <20050714144907.GA24229@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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David Kelly wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 03:55:38PM +0200, FreeBSD questions mailing list wrote:
>
>>'plex org raid1 512k' is invalid
>>you should use:
>>'plex org concat'
>
>
> Uh, he wants all data on one SATA drive and a mirror on the other.
> Therefore he does not want to "concat" but to "mirror". The man page
> examples often complicatate things by concating some drives then
> mirroring the concated.
Yep, thanx, I have changed:
drive a device /dev/ad4c
drive b device /dev/ad6c
volume www
plex org mirror
sd length 165g drive a
sd length 165g drive b
but:
vinum create -f www.vinum
4: plex org mirror
** 4 Invalid plex organization: Invalid argument
5: sd length 165g drive a
** 5 Unnamed sd is not associated with a plex: Invalid argument
6: sd length 165g drive b
** 6 Unnamed sd is not associated with a plex: Invalid argument
2 drives:
D a State: up /dev/ad4c A: 190782/190782
MB (100%)
D b State: up /dev/ad6c A: 190782/190782
MB (100%)
1 volumes:
V www State: down Plexes: 0 Size: 0 B
0 plexes:
0 subdisks:
> Vinum is flaky on 5.x, while gvinum works pretty good. Others have
> suggested the future is brighter with the RAID functions in GEOM but I'm
> not yet ready to experiment with my 300G gvinum slice.
>
> I never quite figured out the manual method of configuring [g]vinum. The
> "SIMPLIFIED CONFIGURATION" section of the manual got me running. I think
> this how he would want to do it.
>
> There isn't a gvinum man page. Gvinum (GEOM vinum) lacks complete vinum
> functionality but I don't know what.
>
> First, I don't think its wise to use partition "c". Use sysinstall to
> create the single largest partition possible and it'll be on "d".
> Partition "c" has special meaning and many times its used because the
> device driver fakes a disk label with "c" when a real disk label is
> missing. If the driver is always able to fake a correct and identical
> label then you are fine, but its better to write a real one on disk.
>
> Creating a gvinum mirror is as simple as this:
>
> # gvinum mirror -v /dev/ad4d /dev/ad6d
>
> Might need:
> # gvinum start
>
> Then edit /etc/rc.d./vinum and add the "g" to this line thusly:
>
> start_cmd="gvinum start"
>
> Your new slice will probably be /dev/gvinum/vinum0, so edit /etc/fstab
> appropriately.
>
> The slice should be ready for newfs, and then mounting.
>
> Be sure to add this to /etc/rc.conf:
> start_vinum="YES"
>
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