From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 12 15:24:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3807C16A417 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:24:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from pizzabox.cyberleo.net (alpha.cyberleo.net [198.145.45.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0054213C459 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:24:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: (qmail 52790 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2007 15:24:39 -0000 Received: from adsl-75-3-83-251.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net (HELO ?172.16.44.14?) (cyberleo@cyberleo.net@75.3.83.251) by alpha.cyberleo.net with ESMTPA; 12 Aug 2007 15:24:39 -0000 Message-ID: <46BF256B.7040808@cyberleo.net> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:20:52 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Howard Goldstein References: <737268.12931.qm@web30303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <46BF12DC.4020107@queue.to> In-Reply-To: <46BF12DC.4020107@queue.to> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Arne_=5C=22W=F6rner=5C=22=22?= , FreeBSD Geom Subject: Re: glabeled units as consumers? gstriping swap and /tmp? (was Re: graid5 or gvinums - bootable?) 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: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:24:40 -0000 Howard Goldstein wrote: > Arne, CyberLeo, sounds great, gmirroring the root partition seems a far > more optimal approach than mine anyway. Thanks for setting me straight. > > A couple of other dumb questions if I may: > > - Is it possible (does it even make sense?) to glabel the consumers and > specifying the appropriate bits of the resulting label as gmirror and > graid5 consumers? Not quite sure what you're asking. Labeling the disks, then using the labels in the mirror or raid, or applying a label to the resultant mirror or raid? In the former case, I don't think that's necessary, given that the geom taste functions will find the correct consumers regardless. As for the latter, the geom providers are set up with unique, canonical device names, so glabel may be unnecessary. > - How are you all handling the swap slice? (gstriping?) Since my disks are not hot-swappable, the machines will need to reboot to notice replacements anyways. A single swap slice in the same spot on each disk works fine for me. > - Is /tmp a good candidate for gstriping as well? Assuming everything > I've put in there is ephemeral anway. In theory. I've never bothered, because I don't use /tmp for anything more than what the OS itself uses. It's not worth the added complexity for my applications. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/