Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:08:59 +1000 From: jesse reynolds <jesse@va.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: vinum newbie configuration questions Message-ID: <a0432041ab5b41a6bc401@[203.15.106.22]>
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Hi folx
I'm looking at using Vinum on a new server I am currently building.
As I have never used Vinum before, I thought running my setup by this
list would be a prudent idea, to make sure I'm not doing anything
stupid.
So, I have 2 20Gb ATA disks in the new server. I want to do simple
mirroring of all filesystems, /, /var, and /usr. I want to do
mirroring pimarily for redundancy.
Greg tells me that currently I can't mirror the root filesystem, so
I'm looking at doing that manually.
Swap question: how does vinum support swap? Is swap just another
vinum volume? And should swap be mirrored? Or should I have two
unmirrored swap areas, one on each disk?
Also, does anyone have any tips on manually creating a backup root
filesystem that could be manually booted from in case of hardware
failure on the main root filesystem? I assume there would be issues
with the devices and where things are mounted etc...
cheers
jesse
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Email: jesse (at) va.com.au - http://virtual.artists
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