Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:04:12 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Mailing Lists <lists@imagefoundation.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to configure my new toys... Message-ID: <3D86555C.1040904@potentialtech.com> References: <650D982E-C9B7-11D6-84D2-0003935761AA@imagefoundation.com>
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Mailing Lists wrote: > Specifically, I'm wondering how to configure/partition the discs. I > could put /usr/home on one drive and everything else on the other but I > know I won't be needing a huge amount of storage on these boxes so that > seems like a bit of a waste. > > I've read about Vinum, but the documentation on it seems to be a little > sketchy. Is it possible to use a striped or mirrored Vinum setup as your > main disc in FreeBSD? or, will I get more speed by just having my > partitions split over the individual drives? How fast would a mirrored > setup be? Comparable to a regular IDE drive? Faster, slower? I've never done actual testing myself, but supposedly, Vinum makes reads faster from mirrored drives, while the speed of writes is usually the same as if they hadn't been mirrored. This can vary depending on your exact hardware. I wouldn't call the documentation sketchy, but I will agree that Vinum can be a little intimidating when you first look at it. I would suggest setting up some partitions for Vinum and experimenting with creating mirrors, and stripes and whatever else you're interested in. In my opinion, simply having machines to experiment and learn Vinum is a big bonus!! > The eventual plan for these boxes is to upgrade them to dual gig PIII's > (the fastest chips this version of the Intel Server board supports), and > use one as a MySQL server and the other as likely a webserver with apache/ > PHP or as a mail server (probably postfix or Qmail). Everywhere I use Vinum, it's for reliability instead of for speed. It's nice when a HDD fails and the server just keeps chugging along ... properly configured mirrors will give you that reliability. Make sure to put a swap partition on each drive. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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