Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:02:30 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: james <jamesp@hisser.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LVM / Vinum Message-ID: <20030326003230.GA2959@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303250837330.17929-100000@greebo.hisser.org> References: <20030324231505.GW56271@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303250837330.17929-100000@greebo.hisser.org>
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--AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 25 March 2003 at 8:40:26 +0000, james wrote: > Hi Greg > > Thanks for the reply, appreciate it! > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >>> I'm very used to using LVM on Linux, AIX, HP/UX etc, and I want to be able >>> to similar stuff on fbsd. I've had a play with Vinum, and I'm just >>> wondering if there are any other alternatives? >> >> There's also RAIDFrame. > > I'll look into that, but will stick to Vinum for now. I actually work for > Veritas so it's a shame VM isn't on freebsd :) What important VxVM functionality is missing in Vinum? >>> Also, is it possible to extend / shrink volumes once they have been >>> created? >> >> Yes. Add or remove subdisks to/from a plex. > > Is this also true for striped volumes? It seems this is not possible > from the documentation I've found on the web, but I know that > documentation can be out of date. No, this is still not possible. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+gPUeIubykFB6QiMRAkW0AJ9YeZUhfW/rCBvDrOC3WFdv6Q8/yQCfQvNm gm0H7D9TarArnXht8f9Hz3E= =eD2B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S--
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