From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 2 13:03:32 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02415 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02407 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:03:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA25271; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:33:21 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id HAA01337; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:32:55 +1030 (CST) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:32:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Glenn Johnson Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: advice on setting up a Vinum volume Message-ID: <19990203073254.C1179@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990201232551.A8463@gforce.johnson.home> <19990202162645.W76680@freebie.lemis.com> <19990202114815.A90204@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990202114815.A90204@symbion.srrc.usda.gov>; from Glenn Johnson on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 11:48:15AM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 2 February 1999 at 11:48:15 -0600, Glenn Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 04:26:45PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 23:25:52 -0600, Glenn Johnson wrote: >>> I am getting a new ultra SCSI disk. I don't have it yet but it will be >>> something between 4 and 4.5 GB. I currently have a WDC AC21600H, 1549MB >>> drive. I will be making the SCSI disk my primary disk and was trying to >>> think of ways to use my existing IDE drive. What I was thinking was to >>> take 1549MB from the SCSI disk and make a Vinum striped volume with it >>> and the IDE drive. Does any one have a feel for what the performance of >>> that setup would be? >> >> As long as you have only one drive per IDE controller, and if you can >> use DMA, performance should be acceptable. It depends a lot on how >> you set up Vinum, of course. > > Thanks. > > I will have the IDE drive on the first channel of the controller with an > ATAPI CDROM drive on the other channel. I hope I have the terminology > right. So, the IDE hard drive will be wd0, and the CDROM will be > wd2. Those are separate controllers. That's fine. > The hard drive is capable of DMA. > > When you say performance should be acceptable, does that imply that > performance would be better if I didn't use a Vinum striped volume? I > was considering using the striped volume for /usr/obj and /usr/ports. I'd expect the performance of a striped volume to be better than for a non-striped volume *for multiple concurrent access*. What you do on /usr/obj and /usr/ports doesn't normally fit that model. I wouldn't expect much difference like in this case. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message