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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:14:53 +1100
From:      Tony Frank <tfrank@optushome.com.au>
To:        "Axel S. Gruner" <axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAID (ccd/vinum) with 2 harddisks
Message-ID:  <20040223121453.GB43264@marvin.home.local>
In-Reply-To: <4039AC98.4040000@suedfactoring.de>
References:  <4039AB65.9000003@suedfactoring.de> <20040223072833.GE87020@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4039AC98.4040000@suedfactoring.de>

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Hi,

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:32:40AM +0100, Axel S. Gruner wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >On Monday, 23 February 2004 at  8:27:33 +0100, Axel S. Gruner wrote:
> >
> >>Hi.
> >>
> >>I want to use RAID on a IBM xSeries 345 with two harddisks.
> >>So the problem is, i can not setup a RAID System via Installation of
> >>FreeBSD (it will be 4.9 or maybe 5.2) and i do not have a System
> >>harddisk so that i can use the other ones as a RAID System.
> >>Is there a way to setup RAID (CCD otr Vinum) on a System with 2
> >>harddisks (mirroring or stripping)?
> >
> >
> >Yes.  It's described in the man pages.
> 
> Oh boy, i need a real large cup of coffee, or some glasses.

In addition to the man pages I found these resources of particular use:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html
and
http://www.vinumvm.org/cfbsd/vinum.pdf

>From my own experience it can be done without much trouble.
I burnt myself a few times in the process but that was mostly user fault.

Regards,

Tony



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