From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 19:19:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8018916A41C for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:19:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.182.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C34843D49 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:19:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from filter05.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter05.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.72]) by relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246E53584CA; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.167]) by filter05.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter05.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.72]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32710-10-2; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (67-137-46-191.dsl2.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [67.137.46.191]) by relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C7F0358432; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:19:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [165.107.42.217] (unknown [165.107.42.217]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92DA43BF3C6; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42C05107.1020300@mykitchentable.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:18:31 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mac Mason References: <42C04C0B.3020908@mykitchentable.net> <20050627190409.GB15335@turing.cs.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050627190409.GB15335@turing.cs.hmc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20040701 (2.0) at filter05.roc.ny.frontiernet.net Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Vinum & GVinum Recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:19:56 -0000 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