Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:57:56 +0100 From: Ulf Lilleengen <lulf@stud.ntnu.no> To: Marco Haddad <freebsd-lists@ideo.com.br> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gvinum and raid5 Message-ID: <20071031215756.GB1670@stud.ntnu.no> In-Reply-To: <8d4842b50710310814w3880f7d3ldf8abe3a236cbcc8@mail.gmail.com> References: <8d4842b50710310814w3880f7d3ldf8abe3a236cbcc8@mail.gmail.com>
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On ons, okt 31, 2007 at 12:14:18 -0300, Marco Haddad wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using gvinum to build raid5 volumes since vinum retairement with > some success. Most dificulties are related to not yet implemented commands, > but the hope for a more complete version keeps me goning on. > > I found in recent researchs that a lot of people say gvinum should not be > trusted, when it comes to raid5. I began to get worried. Am I alone using > gvinum raid5? Did everyone abandon it? What about the development guys? Is > there anyone still working on it? Will a complete gvinum ever be released? > I'm working on it, and there are definately people still using it. (I've recieved a number of private mails as well as those seen on this list). IMO, gvinum can be trusted when it comes to raid5. I've not experienced any corruption-bugs or anything like that with it. I'm working on preparing my SoC work for inclusion in CURRENT these days (It takes some time because it have to be reviewed, and it's a lot of code, so be patient). The important commands (IMO :)) have been implemented (attach/detach/start/stop/mirror/stripe/raid5/concat), but I'm curious to hear what commands you do miss, so that I can look into it and consider implementing them. I'm interested in helping making gvinum better, so any suggestions are welcome. I hope to backport gvinum to both RELENG_7 and RELENG_6 when the time is right, but as I said, you'd have to be patient. -- Ulf Lilleengen
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