From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 22 19:06:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01069 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:06:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01062 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:06:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id NAA29794; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:36:31 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id NAA36671; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:36:31 +1030 (CST) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:36:30 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mark Conway Wirt Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccd and vinum (was: Introduction/ccd(4) Question) Message-ID: <19990123133630.J26886@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990122200141.A4461@intrepid.net> <19990123115446.A26886@freebie.lemis.com> <19990122220426.D26750@intrepid.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990122220426.D26750@intrepid.net>; from Mark Conway Wirt on Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 10:04:26PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 22 January 1999 at 22:04:26 -0500, Mark Conway Wirt wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 11:54:46AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> >>> 3) If a disk in a mirror set fails, does the ccd fail immediately, >>> or can you unmount the device and rebuild gracefully? >> >> ccd fails immediately. >> >> On the other hand, vinum does the right thing: if a drive fails, it >> will carry on running, and you can rebuild the volumes on line. Take >> a look at http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html. > > I looked at vinum site when I started considering this project, but > was a little concerned that it's considered "beta." It's all in the eye of the developer. I think that Vinum is at least as reliable as ccd. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message