From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 21:28:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B5E16A41A for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:28:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.cecil@nokia.com) Received: from mgw-mx06.nokia.com (smtp.nokia.com [192.100.122.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F6DA13C461 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:28:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.cecil@nokia.com) Received: from esebh107.NOE.Nokia.com (esebh107.ntc.nokia.com [172.21.143.143]) by mgw-mx06.nokia.com (Switch-3.2.6/Switch-3.2.6) with ESMTP id lBALSAo5002743 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:28:54 +0200 Received: from esebh104.NOE.Nokia.com ([172.21.143.34]) by esebh107.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:28:29 +0200 Received: from syebe101.NOE.Nokia.com ([172.30.128.65]) by esebh104.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:28:29 +0200 Received: from [172.30.67.44] ([172.30.67.44]) by syebe101.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:28:26 +1100 Message-ID: <475DAF79.9080900@nokia.com> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:28:25 +1000 From: David Cecil User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org References: <20071210201734.GA16012@VARK.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20071210201734.GA16012@VARK.MIT.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Dec 2007 21:28:26.0133 (UTC) FILETIME=[996C0450:01C83B73] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Subject: Re: RAID 1 via ataraid(4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:28:59 -0000 Hi David, there's no reason you can't mirror the rootfs using gmirror. We do it all the time. Regards, Dave ext David Schultz wrote: > I'm looking at getting a new box and wondering what people's > experiences are with mirroring via ataraid(4) and various > motherboards. Does it work? Does it tell you when a drive fails? > Does it do the right thing when you put in a replacement? Does it > work if the two drives aren't identical? Is performance > acceptable? > > At the moment I'm using gmirror (previously ccd until GEOM came > along and ccd became unstable) with a dedicated unmirrored OS > disk. But in accordance with Murphy's law, I've had the boot disk > fail twice in the past five years, so I'd like to put the damn > root fs on the mirror. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >