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Subject: Softpartitioning on FreeBSD ? (vinum?)
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Hi,

I have been working with FreeBSD for a while now (several years), but 
never on any professional grade hardware. Well, this is going to change 
with my new server. It will have a hardware raid attached to it.
For this purpose I am looking for an implementation of Softpartitions as 
they exist on Solaris when using Disksuite/SolarisVolumeManager.

I don't need anything that will configure a software mirror or raid, I 
just need softpartitions to split up the LUN which will be created by my 
storage hardware.

I browsed the vinumvm website but haven't really seen anything about it. 
Do I need to look towards vinum, or is there something else I am missing ?
The server won't be build untill Q4 this year, so I'm hoping to utilize 
any 5-RELEASE that may come up then since I'm already a fan of the 
current -CURRENT which I actively use on my laptop.

Cheers,
 Stephan