Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:38:33 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? Message-ID: <200603061038.34118.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <440A677B.7000308@paradise.net.nz> References: <44077E79.2080708@rogers.com> <200603040748.11275.joao@matik.com.br> <440A677B.7000308@paradise.net.nz>
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On Sunday 05 March 2006 01:22, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > JoaoBR wrote: > > geom changed this complications definitely, using gmirror or gstripe > > commands is easy as copying a file. > > >=20 > (Chuckles) - While I see your point, I see that Ralf E's article > discussing this very issue weighs in at about a page worth of > instructions for *each* of the two methods discussed. Now, sure, he's > being pedantically careful so no-one will misunderstand and murder their > systems - but ISTM that this is the sort of task that ideally an > installer could/should handle. > > The argument of 'its only a few commands...' does not really stand up - > as (for instance) it could be equally applied to that installer > providing package installation - and it seems to have that facility > (thankfully!). > good point, probably it is much easier as thought to integrate as script in= to=20 the installer where one can chose the disks/partitions to gmirror/gstripe=20 them and put it beside other options in "Startup Options" I never felt the need and probably would not use the option either and will= =20 configure my config manually later as I do with named or others > > So in comparism > > the easy use of geom is great and the people which developed geom did a > > really fantastic job. > > I agree, as the geom based applications are maturing, we are starting to > see that benefit of the geom infrastructure. > for me this happened already. I use gmirror for almost a year now and I=20 changed all vinum setups and I never had a serious problem with it. I have = to=20 say that I never tried IDE or SATA, only SCSI with Adaptec. Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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