On Thursday 21 September 2006 01:37, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > So, again, if I'm reading through things correctly, I'll have to do
> > something like:
> >
> > gstripe st1 da1 da2
> > gstripe st2 da3 da4
> > gmirror drive st1 st2
> > newfs drive
>
> That's the wrong way rou
Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> This is RAID3, RAID4 is totally different.
They are similar, at least in definitions I could find. Both use a
dedicated parity disk, RAID3 stripes "bytes" while RAID3 stripes
"blocks". Because geom_raid3 stripes at sector level, I think it's more
similar to RAID4.
Of
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:37:53 +0100
Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > So, again, if I'm reading through things correctly, I'll have to do
> > something like:
> >
> > gstripe st1 da1 da2
> > gstripe st2 da3 da4
> > gmirror drive st1 st2
> > newfs drive
>
> Tha
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 11:49:20AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> >Basically, I have 5x72G drives ... I'd *love* to do RAID5 with them, but
> >that doesn't appear to be available right now
>
> Maybe you could try geom_raid3 instead? It's pretty nice, especially for
> dat
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
Basically, I have 5x72G drives ... I'd *love* to do RAID5 with them, but
that doesn't appear to be available right now
Maybe you could try geom_raid3 instead? It's pretty nice, especially for
databases. The only caveat is that you cannot boot off it if you use all
the
--- Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >
> > So, again, if I'm reading through things correctly, I'll have to do
> > something like:
> >
> > gstripe st1 da1 da2
> > gstripe st2 da3 da4
> > gmirror drive st1 st2
> > newfs drive
>
> That's the wrong way round, I
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> So, again, if I'm reading through things correctly, I'll have to do
> something like:
>
> gstripe st1 da1 da2
> gstripe st2 da3 da4
> gmirror drive st1 st2
> newfs drive
That's the wrong way round, I think. If you lose a drive, then you've
the whole of one of your st
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:37:19 -0300 (ADT)
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 'k, I'm used to vinum from back in 4.x days, but now running 6.x, am
> looking at using geom ... and am not sure exactly what I can do ...
>
> Pointers to tutorials always appreciated ...
>
> Basically,
'k, I'm used to vinum from back in 4.x days, but now running 6.x, am
looking at using geom ... and am not sure exactly what I can do ...
Pointers to tutorials always appreciated ...
Basically, I have 5x72G drives ... I'd *love* to do RAID5 with them, but
that doesn't appear to be available r
