Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:25:30 +0300 From: Dimitar Vasilev <dimitar.vassilev@gmail.com> To: bc <bc@default.co.yu> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: extending volumes Message-ID: <59adc1a0510231325u25bef8e8v@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1130098047.975.15.camel@serafim.b61.bg.wi> References: <59adc1a0510202135s6ee2c00x@mail.gmail.com> <1130098047.975.15.camel@serafim.b61.bg.wi>
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2005/10/23, bc <bc@default.co.yu>: > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 07:35 +0300, Dimitar Vasilev wrote: > > Hi! > > Could someone advise on how to extend an existing stripe with growfs? > > I posted a question on freebsd-questions before 3 days and never got reply. > > The message is available at > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=112966827119797&w=2 > > > > Hello, > > I think you're attempting to do impossible. Under Solaris and AIX it is perfectly possible - however they're another beer. > I've recreated your scenario using 3 mfs backed disks md0, md1 and m2. > And I'm keep getting this in my logs: > > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Disk md0 removed from > test2. > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Disk md1 removed from > test2. > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Device test2 destroyed. > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Device test2 created > (id=4230158283). > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Disk md0 attached to test2. > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Disk md1 attached to test2. > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Disk md1 removed from > test2. > Oct 23 22:03:54 serafim kernel: GEOM_STRIPE: Disk md1 attached to test2. > > > I've joined md0 and md1 in one striped volume, created some bulk files, > stopepd it, then created again along with md2 in group. Beside that log > snippet nothing apears in /dev/stripe/ > > Btw, I've used 5.4-RELEASE GENERIC kernel. Ours is not very far from GENERIC - we include GENERIC and couple of options (PF,PIM,etc). The machine is 5.4-stable/amd64 It's still a solution - we will know that is risky and will setup a new stripe from the spare disks that we have and will run with them for about a year. Then will upgrade to a decent 3ware controller, a bunch of new disks and other stuff. Благодаря/Thanks/Hvala! -- Димитър Василев Dimitar Vassilev GnuPG key ID: 0x4B8DB525 Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint: D88A 3B92 DED5 917E 341E D62F 8C51 5FC4 4B8D B525help
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