From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 02:49:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: geom@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C63F16A420 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:49:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gbaratto@superb.net) Received: from smail2.superb.net (smail2.superb.net [64.251.80.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3D9B43D45 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:49:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gbaratto@superb.net) Received: from guinness (100.80.251.64.yvr1.superb.net [64.251.80.100]) by smail2.superb.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DB5C1F8C97; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:49:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <01a601c622eb$f5d62970$6450fb40@guinness> From: "Gustavo A. Baratto" To: "Ivan Voras" References: <013c01c622cb$43256ef0$6450fb40@guinness> <43D97268.2030700@fer.hr> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:47:06 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Cc: geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror + ggate X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:49:07 -0000 Thanks for the links Ivan... They answered some of my questions, but mostly they don't really describe what I wanna do, because they mostly refer to more than one client mounting a gmirrored+ggated device. I want just one server to mount a gmirrored device, exported from two different boxes through ggated. Being more specific: - Servers X and Y will be file server. They will have big sized identical partitions (for example /dev/da0s1f), that will be exported through ggated, and of course not mounted on servers X and Y. - Server A will ggatec the remote /dev/da0s1f devices from both servers X and Y (/dev/ggate0 and /dev/ggate1). Then, server A will create the mirror with the devices ggate0 and ggate1: # gmirror label -v -b round-robin data ggate0 # gmirror insert data ggate1 # mount /dev/mirror/data /mnt Just server A will mount /dev/mirror/data RW (or even RO). Thanks :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivan Voras" To: "Gustavo A. Baratto" Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: gmirror + ggate > Gustavo A. Baratto wrote: >> This maybe a very stipid question, but since the hanbook says "Regardless >> of the disk configuration, the important aspect is that information on >> one disk or partition is being replicated", I'm wondering if one could >> mount two partitions from two different servers, then mirror them... > > This is a FAQ. See: > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?43A18CAB.6020705 > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?43CD5505.2040705 > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?439ED00E.7050701 > > (in short: yes, but you can't mount the copy or copies) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-geom@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-geom-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >