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** Reply to note from =?iso-8859-1?Q?Miguel_Gon=E7alves?= <miguelg@fe.up.pt> Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:45:37 +0100 (WEST)


> Hello fellow BSDers! 
>    
> I am about to install a new server on a corportate environment 
> where failure is not an option (that's why I am installing 
> FreeBSD :-) ). To minimize hard disk problems I intend to use 
> Vinum. 
>    
> I just want to know how is the stability and robustness of 
> Vinum in the 4.x branch.


Hello.
I've a machine that's been running vinum for the pst two years.
I've a thread open with the author on freebsd-stable (Crash dump in umount), because sometimes the machine panics; you
may want to take a look at it.
Apart from that, I'm very happy with it.

 bye
        av.