Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 20:03:49 +0100 From: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Software RAID 1... Message-ID: <781345989861.20020207200349@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020207125029.01959060@mail.sage-american.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20020207125029.01959060@mail.sage-american.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello jacks, 7 Feb 2002, 19:50:29, you wrote: > Gabriel: Good luck! I've been looking for this very same thing and > also agree that Vinum is much too complex with too many working > parts subject to breakdown. It also still will not do a pure RAID 1 > where the hard drives are kept identical (mirrored) inasmuch as > root is not copied and must be copied by some separate method, at > least my understanding. ACK. It will only mirror individual partitions which in theory adds a lot of configurability but in practice just plain sucks as it makes the whole thing way too complex. (Maybe I should look into the old ccd stuff if that is still around) > Agree about the Fastrak too. FBSD is presetnly lacking on IDE RAID > 1 support for those who would like this simple approach. SCSI is > supported and probably results from the fact they are (were) much > faster HDs, but Professional HDs also and the SCSI RAID controllers I had to deal with are monsters but they do what they are sold for (unlike every IDE RAID one I've come over so far, reports are that the 3Ware stuff is excellent, though). > IDEs have changed, are much bigger and faster now and perhaps RAID > 1 support will come for IDEs..??? Hope so. ACK. Best regards, Gabriel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQEVAwUBPGLBiMZa2WpymlDxAQGeQwf/WghA+N0O7PgnwGCfd7JdGVjVAf2y5Tfg jN/WgVsFa0KXNrrZy7WPFERTVUq8fD28LDu3x09Zhh2mgM9KQq4U8mJ9sRihZIqO 6RabN395PRhIsJ22EOlD5p5DLQ3oICL1ULdkg+Nadf3sEpvk1M4kXtGyTA68V/UB gv0E9xdcPQyKKfE4a8y3UeQ9P4vyGZMgvSFsmVl/LyENP7p355WMUM6+qYKwONtH MuVOJjK4Pve1FU+dKumaKWrqn7kXKgLxs47oO1UaOwaGfpq3AwgHpfMs0WJh0TeL 353GHQkklJ5PNDRuG7RNynm6hqbikJzjpEFubiDjr7TXCRhHeOVW8w== =j7xO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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