From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 4 10:32:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C47414D4E for ; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:32:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA28241; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:55:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:55:37 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Christopher Michaels Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Anybody Using the Soft Updates File System? In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105951@site2s1> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hans-Christoph Steiner [SMTP:hans@razorfish.com] > > Subject: Anybody Using the Soft Updates File System? > > > > I have just read about the soft updates file system and it sounds very > > promising. But the doc I read > > (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/contrib/sys/softupd > > ates/README) > > said that it was still alpha. > > > > Has anybody used this in a production environment? If so, how has it > > worked for you? > > Hi, > I was about to post a similar question, and figured that I would just add to > this thread instead. > > I have 2 questions about softupdates. > #1 - Is anyone using it with a vinum volume? Is there a reason not to use > it with a vinum volume? > #2 - Is there a more FAQ/handbook like tutorial on how to setup softupdates. > I read that README that Hans-Christoph referenced, and it seems to give an > overview more so than a nitty-gritty of exactly how to do it. #1: No idea, but afaik it shouldn't matter. #2: /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.softupdates I use softupdates on all our machines that are post 3.1 and haven't had any problems. good luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message