From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 15 14: 7:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from diarmadhi.mushhaven.net (cm-24-142-61-124.cableco-op.ispchannel.com [24.142.61.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4815814BD0 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:07:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mistwolf@diarmadhi.mushhaven.net) Received: (from mistwolf@localhost) by diarmadhi.mushhaven.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA87257; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mistwolf) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:43:33 -0700 From: Jamie Norwood To: Mike Smith Cc: Michael Robinson , adrian@ubergeeks.com, blk@skynet.be, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum performance testing... Message-ID: <19990915134333.A87190@mushhaven.net> References: <199909151945.DAA17891@netrinsics.com> <199909152001.NAA01759@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <199909152001.NAA01759@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:01:50PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:01:50PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > After getting seriously burned (fortunately, during initial system > > configuration), I've sworn off vinum for any sort of critical production > > use. > > Of course, this is an absurdly myopic view to take of a product that's > still under development. It's people like yourself and statements like > that that give open-development software products a bad name. 8( No offense, but you are wrong and he is right. A 'still under developement' product should NOT be used for critical production machines. I am sure when vinum is more robust and less likely to much your data for dinner he, and many other people who use FreeBSD in situations where data loss is not an option, will reconsider it's use. Jamie > -- > \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith > \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message