Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:05:08 -0500 From: "rv23352@navix.net" <rv23352@navix.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the status of gvinum in FreeBSD 5.3? Message-ID: <134210-220052518458932@M2W099.mail2web.com>
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Original Message: ----------------- From: David Kelly dkelly@HiWAAY=2Enet Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:44:43 -0600 To: wmoran@potentialtech=2Ecom, freebsd-questions@freebsd=2Eorg Subject: Re: What is the status of gvinum in FreeBSD 5=2E3? On Feb 17, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > I was wondering about the status of gvinum in 5=2E3=2E > > I seem to remember that there were a lot of problems with gvinum in=20 > 5=2E3, > but searching around, I can't seem to find anything that says for sure > one way or the other=2E >>IIRC the problem is with classic vinum in 5=2E3, not gvinum=2E However=20= >>gvinum is not claimed to be complete or finished=2E >> >>I created a vinum striped array of 2 drives in 5=2E2=2E1 which caused a=20= >>fair bit of trouble (rarely remembered its configure on reboot)=2E But=20= >>when I switched to gvinum (forgot exactly when) the machine has been=20 >>trouble free=2E Forgive my client, i'm reduced to mail2web=2Ecom for mail while i'm away f= rom my laptop=2E I run a FBSD 5=2E2=2E1 box using VINUM with a nearly 1 terabyte RAID5 arra= y (Vinum has problems with 1+ TB filesystems) The RAID5 array is super-stable, surviving system reboots and power failures flawlessly=2E In the 2 months it's been online and heavily used = it has never missed a beat=2E I'm not sure about the capabilities/availabilit= y of gvinum or any software raid in 5=2E3, but i can attest to the speed and= robustness of vinum in 5=2E2=2E1 for sure=2E -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY=2Enet =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad=2E _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list http://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd=2E= org" -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E
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