Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:19:56 -0500 From: Will Maier <willmaier@ml1.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to symbolic link 2-3 hard drives Message-ID: <20050930221956.GO7691@localdomain> In-Reply-To: <433DABEC.7C0565DE@e-raist.com> References: <20050930205520.44120.qmail@web80910.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <20050930211519.GN7691@localdomain> <433DABEC.7C0565DE@e-raist.com>
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 02:19:40PM -0700, Raistlin Majere wrote: > If you were trying to get the aggregate of the two disks and use them as > /home you could use a RAID card of some kind to convince the OS to see > those two disks as one big disk (using RAID1) and then go through the > standard install, and designate the RAID as the /home partition,... (Please don't CC me; I read the list : ) ) RAID would be a doable solution, but it's likely overkill for the user. Another option would be vinum[0] (FreeBSD's logical volume manager). [0]A relevant article: http://www.freebsddiary.org/vinum.php > but that has other disadvantages (cost of the RAID card, setup of > the RAID, risk that if one disk dies, you lose all of /home., etc) RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is designed to prevent the 'one disk goes, so goes /home' problem. RAID1 ('mirroring') should do just fine mitigating this issue. -- o--------------------------{ Will Maier }--------------------------o | jabber:..wcmaier@jabber.ccc.de | email:..........wcmaier@ml1.net | | \.........wcmaier@cae.wisc.edu | \..........wcmaier@cae.wisc.edu | *------------------[ BSD Unix: Live Free or Die ]------------------*
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