Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:17:21 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting a little carried away? Message-ID: <3533.1107991041@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:14:40 %2B0100." <86y8dxiavz.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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In message <86y8dxiavz.fsf@dwp.des.no>, =?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= writes: >this box has a RAID-1 array with a single slice containing six >partitions: > >des@dwp ~% ls /dev/ar0* >/dev/ar0 /dev/ar0s1a /dev/ar0s1c /dev/ar0s1e /dev/ar0s1g >/dev/ar0s1 /dev/ar0s1b /dev/ar0s1d /dev/ar0s1f > >the components of ar0 are ad4 and ad6. I realize that a component in >a RAID-1 array "tastes the same" to GEOM as a standalone disk, but I >think this is a bit much, especially the adMcsN stuff: > >des@dwp ~% ls /dev/ad[46]* >/dev/ad4 /dev/ad4cs1f /dev/ad4s1e /dev/ad6cs1c /dev/ad6s1b >/dev/ad4a /dev/ad4cs1g /dev/ad4s1f /dev/ad6cs1d /dev/ad6s1c >/dev/ad4b /dev/ad4d /dev/ad4s1g /dev/ad6cs1e /dev/ad6s1d >/dev/ad4c /dev/ad4e /dev/ad6 /dev/ad6cs1f /dev/ad6s1e >/dev/ad4cs1 /dev/ad4f /dev/ad6a /dev/ad6cs1g /dev/ad6s1f >/dev/ad4cs1a /dev/ad4s1 /dev/ad6b /dev/ad6d /dev/ad6s1g >/dev/ad4cs1b /dev/ad4s1a /dev/ad6c /dev/ad6e >/dev/ad4cs1c /dev/ad4s1b /dev/ad6cs1 /dev/ad6f >/dev/ad4cs1d /dev/ad4s1c /dev/ad6cs1a /dev/ad6s1 >/dev/ad4cs1e /dev/ad4s1d /dev/ad6cs1b /dev/ad6s1a > >is this normal? more to the point, is it desirable? yes and yes. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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