Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:45:05 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: james <jamesp@hisser.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LVM / Vinum Message-ID: <20030324231505.GW56271@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303241133520.4795-100000@greebo.hisser.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303241133520.4795-100000@greebo.hisser.org>
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--7kW37LRKoI6fR2de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 24 March 2003 at 11:39:12 +0000, james wrote: > Hi > > I'm new to FreeBSD but not new to UNIX or storage. First of all I must say > that FreeBSD looks rather polished, more like a commercial offering than > a volunteer effort! :) > > I'm very used to using LVM on Linux, AIX, HP/UX etc, and I want to be able > to similar stuff on fbsd. I've had a play with Vinum, and I'm just > wondering if there are any other alternatives? There's also RAIDFrame. > I like the LVM way of having a pool of physical volumes, and having > the LVM subsystem take care of physical placement of logical > volumes. In Vimun, it seems to me that you have to explicitly state > what disks you would like to use for a volume. Yes, correct. I don't think of this as a problem. > Also, is it possible to extend / shrink volumes once they have been > created? Yes. Add or remove subdisks to/from a plex. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --7kW37LRKoI6fR2de Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQE+f5F5IubykFB6QiMRAmptAKCeTyH7qDmTSMEDYnkYAZJq4C+4+ACXZacX eIeGkKTVz1tLQVF/8LhbXw== =wbH1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7kW37LRKoI6fR2de-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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