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Date:      Thu, 08 Jul 1999 18:52:41 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Aaron Smith <aaron-fbsd@mutex.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Simplifying Vinum (was: ufs/ffs resize?) 
Message-ID:  <8846.931485161@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Jun 1999 13:57:36 %2B0930." <19990627135736.F427@freebie.lemis.com> 

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> I think you'll find, once you get that far, that things are anything
> but trivial.  I'm certainly open to suggestions, but consider:
> 
>     vinum -i /dev/something volumename
> 
> Where does it insert it?  What if the volume has more than one plex,
> which it will in the case of a mirror?

OK, perhaps I was getting a little carried away here. :)

> Not if they're done well.  I'm open to suggestions.  Here are couple
> of possibilities: add commands "cat", "stripe" and "mirror":
> 
>     vinum cat /dev/da1h /dev/da2h
>     vinum stripe /dev/da1h /dev/da2h /dev/da3h /dev/da4h
>     vinum mirror /dev/da1h /dev/da2h
>     vinum mirror /dev/da1h /dev/da2h /dev/da3h /dev/da4h

These sound just fine to me!

> And what about the names?  It seems tacky to have to write down the
> name that Vinum chooses.  How about adding a name parameter, either
> implicitly or explicitly?  For example, 
> 
>     vinum cat myvol /dev/da1h /dev/da2h
>     vinum cat -n myvol /dev/da1h /dev/da2h

I also think that's a better proposal than mine, yes.

- Jordan


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