Raid configuration question

2011-07-07 Thread Zeb Packard
So, i've setup a file server with softraid rather than the older raidframe, however on the new system I tried setting my sd*b partitions to a raid 0 configuration so the swap space runs a little faster. After getting the swap space setup, though dmesg prints [ root on sd0a swap on sd0b ..]. After

Re: Raid configuration question

2011-07-07 Thread Ted Unangst
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011, Zeb Packard wrote: So, i've setup a file server with softraid rather than the older raidframe, however on the new system I tried setting my sd*b partitions to a raid 0 configuration so the swap space runs a little faster. After getting the swap space setup, though dmesg

Re: Raid configuration question

2011-07-07 Thread Zeb Packard
hmmkay, so both disklabels have an sd0b, softraid is pointed to sd3b for swap, but dmesg still prints 'swap on sd0b dump on sd0b' I'm assuming this is because sd0b is striped? I figure it's worth a shot on my test system, if it's quicker, I'm not opposed to the little bit of configuration up

Re: Raid configuration question

2011-07-07 Thread Nick Holland
On 07/07/11 18:02, Zeb Packard wrote: hmmkay, so both disklabels have an sd0b, softraid is pointed to sd3b for swap, but dmesg still prints 'swap on sd0b dump on sd0b' I'm assuming this is because sd0b is striped? no, it is because sd0b is swap BY DEFINITION. Do not use the 'a' partition of