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Date:      Mon, 2 Oct 1995 21:52:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAID solutions for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951002215159.19696A-100000@aries.ai.net>
In-Reply-To: <199510021746.KAA21962@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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> > 	I am not sure if the software support for live mirroring and hot 
> > spares is inate to FreeBSD however. 
> 
> What particular support do you think belongs in FreeBSD to support these
> functions?  These are functions of the rAID subsystem.  Unless we were
> to attempt to implement a software RAID, the hardware should take care
> of it for you.

I think there is some O/S alert to tell it that the drives are shifting 
over or something so that operators will know. If the RAID system 
actually does anything, it would be nice to know to change a drive or such.

A software RAID in FreeBSD? Don't make me drool.

-Jerry.




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