Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:18:31 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: Mac Mason <mac@cs.hmc.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vinum & GVinum Recommendations Message-ID: <42C05107.1020300@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <20050627190409.GB15335@turing.cs.hmc.edu> References: <42C04C0B.3020908@mykitchentable.net> <20050627190409.GB15335@turing.cs.hmc.edu>
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On 6/27/2005 12:04 PM Mac Mason wrote: >On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 11:57:15AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > >>I'd appreciate hearing of your experiences with vinum, gvinum, and ccd, >>especially as they relate to firewire devices. >> >> > >In my experience, vinum doesn't play well with GEOM, and gvinum isn't >anywhere near feature-complete. (I haven't looked at gvinum in a while; >it has probably improved greatly) > >On the other hand, using GEOM itself has worked quite well; I use >gmirror to mirror /usr, and gconcat to string a collection of drives >together. Both have worked flawlessly since I set them up. > > --Mac > > I GEOM something that is built in to 5 or is it a port? I don't see it in ports so I assume it's built in. If gconcat works well with firewire, that would suit my needs just fine. Thanks for your reply, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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