Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:02:31 +0300 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1 file system, 2 drives? Message-ID: <i2km47$97f$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4C4DDA28.4070205@identry.com> References: <4C4DDA28.4070205@identry.com>
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26.07.2010 21:55, John Almberg wrote: > One of my clients has a server that hosts big public-access type videos. > He started off with a separate 200G drive just for video storage > (FreeBSD is on another drive). This video storage drive is mounted as > /videos. > > He's just bought another drive, but now I'm thinking of what to do with > it... > > I know this is probably impossible, but FreeBSD can do so many > miraculous things, that I can't help asking... > > Is it possible to use the second drive to 'expand' the /videos file > system? So it would miraculously look like a single 400G drive? > > I ask this, because logically, I"m going to use the second drive the > same way as the first: to store videos. It will be really awkward to > have two mount points, and try to decide which video should get stored > on which drive. And no doubt it will get more complex as we go along. It > would be much simpler if this logical drive could just expand as needed. > > Any ideas much appreciated. Making two devices appear as one: * vinum; * gstripe; * ZFS. Making two devices look like there's only one: * union. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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