From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 15:19:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA91516A4CE; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:19:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from november.skynet.be (november.skynet.be [195.238.3.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA29A43D1D; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:19:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (16.139-200-80.adsl.skynet.be [80.200.139.16]) ESMTP id i0ANJcB1002680; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:19:38 +0100 (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <40007D14.6090205@freebsd.org> References: <40007D14.6090205@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:19:14 +0100 To: Scott Long From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030212) (november.skynet.be) cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future of RAIDFrame X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:19:50 -0000 At 3:30 PM -0700 2004/01/10, Scott Long wrote: > Also, I've seen next to zero interest in it > from others, except for the occasional reminder that it doesn't work. I'm very sad to hear that. I was very happy to hear that FreeBSD finally had an alternative to vinum (other than ccd), especially one that was shared with some other *BSD platforms. I say this not because I don't have the greatest respect for Greg, but because I've had problems in the past with vinum in complex configurations (RAID-5, or anything combined with softupdates), and I feel that a little friendly competition would be a good thing. I have a 4-way PPro/200 fileserver downstairs that I hope to get installed very soon, and it's got twelve 18GB hard drives, plus a hardware RAID controller. I was hoping to re-do my previous FreeBSD software RAID benchmarking (see ) comparing ccd, vinum, RAIDframe, and the hardware controller all on the same machine. I'd be willing to make this machine a development & testing system for RAID code, although I am not a programmer and would not be able to hack it myself. I'll be glad to do what I can to help, if someone decides to take over the code. > All it needs > is one or two other people to share some of the work and testing > with me. I'll be glad to do some testing. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)