From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 20 13:24:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088C916A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:24:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D015443D31 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:24:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from esayer1@san.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (66-75-225-77.san.rr.com [66.75.225.77]) i2KLO6u2003796 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:24:07 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org From: Evan Sayer Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:23:53 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Vinum X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 21:24:14 -0000 I have a question about how vinum effects access to file systems. When i have a vinum volume on a drive which contains the file system /usr, which is being mirrored to another volume on another drive, are the contents of /usr encompassed in the volume (like a partition) or is the volume just a part of /usr. Basically i want to have a RAID-1 setup that mirrors the information on one drive to another. If i do this will i be able to access all the files on the first hard drive as though it was just a regular partition. If so how do i partition, is there something special i have to do at the partition editor when i install? Do i need subdisks and plexes just to mirror the file systems' data? Sorry if this is a bad question but the handbook has me a little confused. Thanks a lot.