Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:57:40 -0700 From: joe@vpop.net (Joe McDonald) To: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: redunancy without RAID Message-ID: <37683170.81567132@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <37562454.718D3319@tcworks.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990602155911.20098A-100000@jane.lfn.org> <37562454.718D3319@tcworks.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Do you know the best way to test if the mirror really works if a drive goes bad? Pull the power to the drive as it's running? Pull the scsi cable to the drive as it's running? Will this cause physical damage to the drive? Thanks, -joe On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 01:44:36 -0500, Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> wrote: > We have been running VINUM here at our ISP for quite some time >now. It works great... we have our /usr and /var partitions setup on 2 >different mirrored volumes. The overhead is low and access times are >great. With VINUM, if one of the mirrored disks go out, the volume should >not crash <grin>. As far as ccd goes, I have never used it, but I believe >both ccd and VINUM will not mirror a boot partition (I know VINUM won't >yet). The VINUM was difficult to install, only because I was trying to use >the port that comes with FBSD 3.1. If you go this route, I suggest >downloading the lastest version and you shouldn't have problems. Hope this >helps... -- NewsHub: http://www.NewsHub.com/tech/ | MultiTrace: http://www.MultiTrace.com/ | Explore Your Net! DomainSurfer: http://www.DomainSurfer.com/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?37683170.81567132>