Re: Mirroring without Vinum (GEOM?)

From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:36:02 +0200
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 03:23:54PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
+> Eirik Oeverby <ltning_at_anduin.net> writes:
+> > The geom_mirror class sounds interesting too, though. I will find this
+> > in the tree?
+> 
+> yes.

I'm not sure if this is what he is looking for.
This class is only a example class. Additionaly it uses metadata in first
sector of disks and this isn't good.

+> >              How hard will it be to decipher the sources and figure
+> > out how to use it? Is there no reference to it elsewhere?
+> 
+> you will probably have to write a geom_mirror module for the
+> (undocumented) geom(8) utility (see /usr/src/sbin/geom).

Actually it is documented. I forgot to connect manual page to the build.
Thanks for a reminder, it is connected now.

BTW. I'm working on geom_mirror in perforce. It works fine (automatic
part - automatic providers detection, configuration and synchronization).
I'm starting tests tomorrow. There are few thing to implement still.

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