Date: 19 May 2005 09:32:31 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd.org@donnacha.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mirror Partition Message-ID: <44ll6be3yo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <428BA59C.9020804@donnacha.com> References: <428BA59C.9020804@donnacha.com>
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freebsd.org@donnacha.com writes: > Hi, another HDD question: > > If you are getting a hosting center to set up a server with two HDDs, > and if the 2nd HDD has a /mirror partition the same size as the 1st > HDD, do the guys doing the install need to denote the /mirror > partition as being a particular type of partition i.e. in the same way > that swap is a particular type of partition. > > I was originally planning on simply having a normal partition called > /mirror created and left empty for a few weeks until I'd learnt more > and was able to choose between vinum, gvinum, gmirror or whatever but, > if that empty partition needs to be of a certain type, I need to let > them know. > > The key problem, as ever, is that I will only have cmd-line access to > the server. You shouldn't need to pre-label the partition. However, I would *strongly* recommend getting an extra machine to experiment with locally before depending on mirror capabilities. In particular, don't even bother setting up a mirror unless you've tested the changeover *before* you need it. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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