From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 02:11:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAB016A4CE; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:11:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (cdm-66-76-92-18.cart.cox-internet.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1B4443D3F; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:11:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6R2BBSm097775; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:11:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 97388-03; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:11:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6R2B8aE097770; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:11:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz) Received: (from kadmin@localhost) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i6R2B75V097769; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:11:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kadmin) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:11:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200407270211.i6R2B75V097769@ezekiel.daleco.biz> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org From: Kevin Kinsey X-send-pr-version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at daleco.biz cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: (PATCH) "Proper synopsis" for handbook's Vinum chapter? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kevin Kinsey List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:11:13 -0000 >Submitter-Id: current-users >Originator: Kevin Kinsey >Organization: DaleCo, S.P. >Confidential: no >Synopsis: (PATCH) "Proper synopsis" for handbook's Vinum chapter? >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Category: docs >Class: update >Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 i386 >Environment: System: FreeBSD ezekiel.daleco.biz 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 #3: Thu Apr 8 17:36:47 CDT 2004 root@ezekiel.daleco.biz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Saw this on the "to-do". Don't know that it's great, but there is at least more to this than the old version. Some text from vinumvm.org... >How-To-Repeat: NA >Fix: --- chapter.sgml Wed Nov 5 04:36:56 2003 +++ chapter.sgml.edit Mon Jul 26 20:57:50 2004 @@ -15,20 +15,36 @@ Synopsis - No matter what disks you have, there will always be limitations: + +No matter what disks you have, there are always potential problems: - - They can be too small. - - - - They can be too slow. - - - - They can be too unreliable. - + + They can be too small. + + + + They can be too slow. + + + + They can be too unreliable. + + +One way some users safeguard themselves against such issues is +through the use of multiple, and sometimes redundant, disks. + +In addition to supporting various cards and controllers for hardware +RAID systems, the base FreeBSD system includes the Vinum Volume Manager, +a block device driver that implements virtual disk drives. + +Vinum provides more flexibility, performance, and reliability than +traditional disk storage, and implements RAID-0, RAID-1, and RAID-5 +models both individually and in combination. + +This chapter provides an overview of potential problems with traditional +disk storage, and an introduction to the Vinum Volume Manager. +