I'm also running my /var on softraid since yesterday. To move the data I used a static copy of rsync & bsd.rd, took about 2 minutes.
As for #3, that's something that can be taken into account once you know that it can happen. // nick On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:26:09 -0600 Marco Peereboom <[email protected]> wrote: > #1 > no > > #2 > i use softraid for all kinds of uses; nothing you mention here is odd > or out of place > > #3 > that is correct; the lazy author still hasn't finished partial bringup > and rebuilds. that guy kind of sucks and needs to be reminded often > to get off his lazy slack bum butt. > > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:31:57PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > > #1 > > In a real world for small non-profits, > > in many cases, its what was left over or donated, so > > question one, does the softraid, bioctl, have to much > > heartburn if the drives are not the same geometry... > > I've always used matching drives for raid of anytype, > > but even $60*2 for two drives is a stretch for some nonprofits > > these days > > > > > > #2 > > And the next question in the subject, thinking > > about which mounted partition changes the most frequently > > through the day that would be /var > > The others, /usr for example don't change as much and > > could be rsync or tgz nightly...or weekly.... > > however... perhaps /home and /tmp, but definitely /var. > > could change significantly during the day..... > > For example the log files, /var/mail, /var/mysql > > and so on are active. I wander about /var/mysql > > and ldap being on a softraid.? > > > > How insane would it be to use the new softraid features > > for all of /var .... > > to make a mirror raid 1 of say 3 drives and then dump > > and restore the orig. /var to that softraid and change /etc/fstab > > for /var to use it? > > > > > > #3 > > Of note, as I understand (might not documented in man yet) > > if one or two of the three raid1 partitions making the volume fails, > > it will keep running but cannot be rebuilt... > > To 'rebuild' means dumping the volume, in this case /var with > > say 'dump' may be best over pax/tar and then making > > anew a softraid and restoring the dump. > > > > But what happens if the computer reboots with say the third > > drive missing the power cable? and it runs for a day or so, > > then tech reboots with molex plug put back it? does the > > softraid catch the third drive up? This is something > > I guess I could test myself, just asking. > > > > > > tia.
