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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:37:33 -0400
From:      "Moti Levy" <moti@flncs.com>
To:        "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD - software raid
Message-ID:  <053401c33681$17542f20$0201010a@bvg6>
References:  <03a101c33667$a9379770$0201010a@bvg6> <3EF1BF55.2080203@potentialtech.com>

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well,
it says :
For this to be possible at all, the following requirements must be met for
the root volume:

  a.. The root volume must not be striped or RAID-5.

  b.. The root volume must not contain more than one concatenated subdisk
per plex.

and i want :

> > I want to use all 4 drives as a raid 5 array and use the combined space
for
> > storage.


thanks for your reply .

please feel free to correct me again if i'm wrong

Moti



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To: "Moti Levy" <moti@flncs.com>
Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD - software raid


> Moti Levy wrote:
> > Hi,
> > before I do the unthinkable and use Linux for a server , I ask for your
> > help.
> > I have a set of 4 IDE drives .
> > I need to build a file server that'll run samba/nfs
>
> I've done this.  Works very well.
>
> > I want to use all 4 drives as a raid 5 array and use the combined space
for
> > storage.
> > is there a way to do it with FreeBSD ?
> > I looked at ccd and vinum but as far as my understanding goes , I cant
use
> > it during setup but rather build the
> > system first and than use ccd/vinum on all BUT the system disk .
> > am I wrong ?
>
> Yes.
>
> > is there a solution out there ?
>
> You can use all four drives in your Vinum array.  There used to be a
> restriction that the root partition could not be part of the Vinum array,
> but that's no longer the case, see the Vinum section of the handbook:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-vinum.html
> And specifically this:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html
>
> -- 
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technologies
> http://www.potentialtech.com
>
>
>



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