From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 08:48:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3BF37B401 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.duncanyoung.com (pc-62-30-170-113-ca.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.170.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F5043FB1 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:48:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from duncan.young@pobox.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.duncanyoung.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB544A1; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:48:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.duncanyoung.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mamiya.int.duncanyoung.com [127.0.0.1:10024]) (amavisd-new) with LMTP id 65247-02-2; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:48:34 +0100 (BST) Received: from www.duncanyoung.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.duncanyoung.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 308B14A0; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:48:34 +0100 (BST) Received: from 192.107.26.131 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mail0001) by www.duncanyoung.com with HTTP; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:48:34 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <41371.192.107.26.131.1051112914.squirrel@www.duncanyoung.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:48:34 +0100 (BST) From: "Duncan Young" To: Miguel Gon=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E7alves?= User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum in FreeBSD 4.x branch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:48:50 -0000 Hi, Though I run vinum at home, I would actually suggest not using it in a corperate environment. There are a couple of problems with it which make it less than desirable. 1) No root disk support (well I last time I checked it didn't). This is main reason not to use vinum. 2) Configuration screw ups can cause panics etc. I've also had other panics, but alas at the time I had more real memory than swap poartition so no crash dump. I actually can't quite remember what trigered it, but I think it was to do with the automounter unmounting volumes. Anyway, I don't consider it to be competly stable, especially since configuration is not idiot proof (i.e. the state of disks can get screwed up). By way of comparison, I've used veritas volume manager, solstice Disk suit, carrion disk arrays, lvm (linux and HPUX), etc. All of these are much more idiot proof. I'm sure vinum will get there, but its not quite there yet. For simplicity and peace of mind, I would sugest some sort of hardware raid controler and mirror everything. Duncan > > Hello fellow BSDers! > > I am about to install a new server on a corportate environment > where failure is not an option (that's why I am installing > FreeBSD :-) ). To minimize hard disk problems I intend to use > Vinum. > > I just want to know how is the stability and robustness of > Vinum in the 4.x branch. > > Best regards, > Miguel Gonçalves > > PS: I know this is not a good thing to do but can you please > CC to me as I am not on the list due to limitations of my > mail server. Thanks again! > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >