From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 17 14:41:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39D71514D for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:41:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id JAA39600; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:11:27 +1030 (CST) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:11:27 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Morten Seeberg Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Fw: Adding vinum Message-ID: <19991218091127.C475@freebie.lemis.com> References: <070501bf48a0$14f17940$de00000a@SOS> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <070501bf48a0$14f17940$de00000a@SOS> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF 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-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 17 December 1999 at 16:04:53 +0100, Morten Seeberg wrote: > On Friday, December 17, 1999 3:49 PM, Morten Seeberg wrote: >> On Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:31 PM, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> On Thursday, 16 December 1999 at 12:21:07 -0600, Tony Wells wrote: >>>> I have a server which I would like to increase the availability of. I >>>> want to add a second hard disk to machine to mirror the data of the >>>> previously installed disk. I could mount the drive and periodically >>>> 'dd' the data but this seems inelegant and expensive. >>>> >>>> So my questions: >>>> Can I add a second hard drive and install it as a mirror drive using >>>> vinum, or am I too late, having already partitioned the first drive? >>>> (There's already data on the partitions.) >>> >>> Currently you can't do that. It's one of the things I'm thinking of >>> doing, but don't hold your breath. >>> >>> When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. >>> For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html >> >> Hi, the answer you gave below, was this a no to >> VINUM does not support it >> >> or a no to: >> >> VINUM does not support it, because you already have data on the drive? > > Xtra question, if VINUM supports mirroring, does it work so that the > machine will keep on running, even if one of the disks break down, > or do we have to reboot. Vinum (not VINUM) does not require rebooting under these circumstances. ccd does. > And if the primary disk fails, can we easily swap to the other disk? I don't understand the question. There is no "primary" disk in a mirror. > If some of the above is possible, just point me to where the > documentation that describes how this works is, and you´ve made my > day :) Take a look at http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message