From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 14:07:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A2A716A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:07:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D655A43D2F for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:06:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IE0000ZJKAF9P90@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:01:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IE0004V2KM9X8C0@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:08:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 7538FBDC4B; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:06:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 105C4BDC37; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:06:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D6EB733C3E; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:06:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:06:54 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: To: Ryan McDonald Message-id: <864qexw5c1.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reliable RAID5 yet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:07:00 -0000 Ryan McDonald writes: > I have done what I *think* is an exhaustive amount of reading about > geom and vinum concerning RAID5. My question is this. Is there a > reliable RAID5 solution under geom? I know you can do it vinum but > I'm afraid to use vinum as it seems its on the way out (being replaced > by geom). You are mistaken. Vinum is alive and well and isn't going away anytime soon. GEOM, by the way, is spelled GEOM (upper-case); a geom (lower-case) is an instance of a GEOM class. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no