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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:21:17 -0700
From: Nick Pavlica <linicks@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3+ Vinum or Gvinum
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Hi Doug,
  I will take a look at this.  Have you used it on any production
servers?  How does it compare to vinum/gvinum in terms of performance
reliability?

--Thanks!
Nick


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:04:31 -0600, Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 02:01:06PM -0700, Nick Pavlica wrote:
> > All,
> >  I would like to set up a raid 0 volume on my 5.3 server using two
> > identical SATA drives.    After reading through a number of documents
> > I noticed that there are two related utilities to do this, Vinum and
> > Gvinum.  Which utility should be used?  It's my understanding that
> > Gvinum is the most current and should be used on 5.3+?  Does the
> > hadbook refer to Vinum, Gvinum or both?
> >
> This is not an answer to your question, but another option for you to
> consider:  gstripe
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Doug
>