From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 29 01:09:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2A316A415 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:09:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dprobd02.vailsys.com (dprobd02.vailsys.com [63.149.73.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9990B43D45 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:09:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by dprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283D58A5C71; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:09:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94259323E99; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:09:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8SNhxLP015341; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:43:59 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k8SNhxhJ027990; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:43:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:43:58 -0500 From: Damian Wiest To: m3 BSD Message-ID: <20060928234358.GE3332@dfwdamian.vail> References: <1b4e25200609281535n7f69241j9ec612a66d033089@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1b4e25200609281535n7f69241j9ec612a66d033089@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Raid strip with freebsd slices or partitions 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: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:09:35 -0000 On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:35:10PM +0000, m3 BSD wrote: > Hi, i would like to do a raid strip with freebsd slices or partitions > and not with a entire disk. For example: I've a two SCSI drivers with > 68Gb. I want to make a two partitions or slices in two disks, first > with 10G and other with 58Gb, this in two disks, and make a raid strip > "virtual disk" with 58+58GB = 116 GB, and user other two partitions > normaly. > > -- > Thanks for all answers > > Mario Augusto Mania > ----------------------------------------------- > m3.bsd.mania@gmail.com > Cel.: (43) 9938-9629 > Msn: mario@oquei.com > _______________________________________________ I believe you want to use the GEOM(4) subsystem in general and the gstripe(8) command in particular. I've only used gmirror(8) with entire disks, but I believe you can simply specify a device name corresponding to the slices you want to stripe. -Damian