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Date:      Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:06:20 +0100
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        grog@lemis.com
Cc:        patton@sysnet.net, dswartz@druber.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RAID solutions?
Message-ID:  <7947.913979180@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:56:36 %2B1030"
References:  <19981218185636.Z486@freebie.lemis.com>

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> > ... and the FreeBSD ccd mirroring does *not* balance the reads. It always
> > reads from the first disk in a mirror.
> 
> Correct.  But that's about the only package that does.  Use vinum
> instead; it's much more advanced.

We haven't really looked at vinum because we've gotten the impression
that it's not quite ready for prime time yet. If you think it can offer
stability and write performance similar to ccd, *and* better performance
on reads (for a mirrored file system), it's definitely something we
should consider.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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