From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 03:08:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7305D16A41A for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:08:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hemi@puresimplicity.net) Received: from just.puresimplicity.net (just.puresimplicity.net [68.77.126.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C84313C491 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hemi@puresimplicity.net) Received: from just.puresimplicity.net (localhost.puresimplicity.net [127.0.0.1]) by just.puresimplicity.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6Q38tbu011747 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:08:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hemi@just.puresimplicity.net) Received: (from hemi@localhost) by just.puresimplicity.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l6Q38tcM011746; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:08:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hemi) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:08:55 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert To: John Nielsen Message-ID: <20070726030855.GB11187@just.puresimplicity.net> References: <20070726015647.GA11187@just.puresimplicity.net> <200707252243.30619.lists@jnielsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200707252243.30619.lists@jnielsen.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender is SPF-compliant, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (just.puresimplicity.net [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:08:55 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drive concatenation...Which tool to use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:08:56 -0000 On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:43:29PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > On Wednesday 25 July 2007, Josh Tolbert wrote: > > I've got a friend that wants to use a FreeBSD box for a file server. He > > has a huge pile of drives of different sizes, but he wants them all as > > one big file system. What's the appropriate tool for this? gstripe > > doesn't seem like it'd be smart to use with differently-sized drives. Is > > gvinum up to snuff and stable enough to use? Is ccd still supported? What > > would be your tool of choice? > > gconcat, perhaps? Talk about missing the obvious one...That should work. Thanks. Josh -- Josh Tolbert hemi@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller