From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 28 01:52:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 496FB16A403 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E91A13C473 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:52:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JAY00LONL2Q2RB0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:52:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.203.66.169]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0JAY00GKUL2Q63R0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:52:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:52:02 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20061228015202.b5b7c8db.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: A better gvinum raid-5 guide? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:52:07 -0000 Hello, I am trying to learn a bit more on how gvinum works out in a day-to-day situation. For this purpose, I have a server which has four identical disks in addition to ad0, on which I have installed FreeBSD 6.x. It looks like this: root@kg-fil# uname -a FreeBSD kg-fil.kg4.no 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #9: Tue Oct 3 23:08:46 CEST 2006 root@kg-fil.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FIL60 amd64 root@kg-fil# atacontrol list ATA channel 0: Master: ad0 ATA/ATAPI revision 7 Slave: no device present ATA channel 1: Master: acd0 ATA/ATAPI revision 0 Slave: no device present ATA channel 2: Master: ad4 Serial ATA II Slave: no device present ATA channel 3: Master: ad6 Serial ATA II Slave: no device present ATA channel 4: Master: ad8 Serial ATA II Slave: no device present ATA channel 5: Master: ad10 Serial ATA II Slave: no device present As you can see, the ad0 disk is PATA, and the other disks are SATA. I would like to set up the four sata disks as a raid-5. I have read the Handbook chapter on (g)vinum: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html I wonder; are there any guides on setting up gvinum out there that are easier to follow than this? I tried googling, but only found articles on hardware raid, and on software raid-1, which isn't what I want to do. A step-by-step guide for setting up 4 disks in a raid-5 plex would have been welcome. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway