Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:29:58 -0700 From: Carl <k0802647@telus.net> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up gmirror Message-ID: <48FFFDC6.9090206@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <20081022153034.L2152@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <48FE709D.9080907@telus.net> <20081022153034.L2152@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>>> disk will be overwritten). Add another disk to this mirror, so >>>> it will >>>> be synchronized with existing disk: >>>> >>>> gmirror label -v -b round-robin data da0 >>> >>> add -s <very large value> like -s 1048576 to prevent splitting one >>> request on 2 disks. >> >> I thought the -s option was only applicable when using "-b split" for >> the balancing algorithm. Does "round-robin" not mean simply >> alternating between the two disks without ever splitting requests? > > no. it means for example with -s 65536 and 1MB request - it will split > this request on 2 disks > So there is no difference between "split" and "round-robin" algorithms then? Carl / K0802647
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