From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 16:52:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A232516A4CE; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:52:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gallantin.skynet.be (gallantin.skynet.be [195.238.2.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A22843D4C; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:52:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (16.139-200-80.adsl.skynet.be [80.200.139.16]) ESMTP id i0B0qAPq003811; Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:52:10 +0100 (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <40007D14.6090205@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:52:15 +0100 To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030212) (gallantin.skynet.be) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:21:34 -0800 cc: hackers@freebsd.org cc: Scott Long Subject: Re: Future of RAIDFrame X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:52:18 -0000 At 12:28 AM +0100 2004/01/11, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > I'm having trouble seeing what RF does that Vinum (or at least a > properly GEOMified Vinum) can't do... I think Scott is right, in that we should probably have separate RAID vs. LVM systems. It seems to me that vinum naturally fills the LVM role, while RAIDframe handles the RAID side well. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)