From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 14:46:51 2004 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 0B59416A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:46:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from symler1.mail.eds.com (symler1.mail.eds.com [207.169.189.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E71F43D1D for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:46:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from siegfried.pietralla@eds.com) Received: from symlir1.mail.eds.com (symlir1.mail.eds.com [192.85.216.71]) by symler1.mail.eds.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1JMknYD011714 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:46:49 +1100 Received: from symlir1.mail.eds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by symlir1.mail.eds.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1JMkmXh004113 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:46:49 +1100 Received: from ausym000.exau01.exch.eds.com ([134.251.177.117]) by symlir1.mail.eds.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1JMkm1X004095 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:46:48 +1100 Received: by ausym000.exau01.exch.eds.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <182GVTP1>; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:46:48 +1100 Message-ID: <826F6467CFB0B24C8D37E2E9A7758A53098B1420@aumem200.au.eds.com> From: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:46:48 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain Subject: vinum - suitablity for use with removable disks 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: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:46:51 -0000 hi all, i want to use vinum with some removable ( e.g. usb2 ) hard disks. i want to use vinum because : it lets me create as many appropriately sized volumes as i need ; and, it doesn't matter whether the disk connects as da0 or da1 since vinum uses it's own label. my question is, will vinum comfortably handle more than one disk where there is an equal chance that none, one or more will be online at any one time. if i plug in a disk, will i need to "restart" or "bring up" or whatever the disk, or the plex etc every time a disk comes back online? if so, what is the smallest set of commands i can use to do this? note that i only intend to run single plexes ( no mirrors or raid 5 ) where all subdisks reside on the same physical disk. any thoughts or experiences appreciated. thanx, siegfried.