From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 18 14:38:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11746 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:38:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11741 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA18287; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:07:35 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA23775; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:07:33 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981219090733.D486@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:07:33 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: patton@sysnet.net, dswartz@druber.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID solutions? References: <19981218185636.Z486@freebie.lemis.com> <7947.913979180@verdi.nethelp.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <7947.913979180@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 12:06:20PM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 18 December 1998 at 12:06:20 +0100, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: >>> ... 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. This is very much a matter of opinion. Yes, Vinum will continue to develop for a while. On the other hand, by my standards ccd isn't ready for prime time either. > If you think it can offer stability and write performance similar to > ccd, Well, I hope the stability is better. But write performance is pretty much the same for a configuration similar to those supported by ccd > *and* better performance > on reads (for a mirrored file system), Definitely. > it's definitely something we should consider. Indeed. You should get the latest version from -stable, though. Greg - See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message